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Every man does not have the same ability. It differs from man to man. (a)_____ educate can develop one’s ability, but yet the (b)_____ differ remains. An educated man can do something that is (c)_____ possible for an (d)_____ educated man. It is because education can (e)_____ able him to do it. (f)_____ academy education is not enough for (g)_____ lighten the mentality of man. But it is necessary for awarding certificates and (h)_____ measure of knowledge.
Ans;(a) education (b) difference (c) impossible (d) uneducated (e) enable (f) academic (g) enlightening (h) measurement
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To become sure of doing well in the examination, you have to be attentive to studies. Regular practice can (a)_____ sure your better performance. But if you are (b)_____ attentive and (c)_____ regular you cannot expect to do so. Remember that (d)_____ regularity will result in (e)_____ satisfactory performance. Our students know this. But still many of them fail to show better (f)_____ perform because they are (g)_____ neglect of their duties we must believe that wilful (h)_____ negligent is a crime.
Ans; (a) ensure (b) inattentive (c) irregular (d) irregularity (e) unsatisfactory (f) performance (g) neglectful (h) negligence
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Population is on the rise in our country. Families are breaking. The (a)_____ break of joint families leads to the (b)_____ separate of family members. This is one of the dominant reasons of (c)_____ divide (d)_____ division and (e)_____ fragment of land. (f)_____ consequent, the quantity of lands is (g)_____ gradual decreasing. Too many boundaries on land cause problem in (h)_____ cultivate.
Ans; (a) breakage (b) separation (c) division (d) subdivision (e) fragmentation (f) consequently (g) gradually (h) cultivation
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Students learn lessons and keep them in memory. If the lesson is (a)_____ interest, it is easy for them. If it is (b)_____interesting they may feel it difficult to (c)_____memory it. They also often practice (d)_____ memory. They should try (e)_____ repeated for understanding. Students should be (f)_____mind. They should be (g)_____labour. They should try (h)_____frequent if they fail to understand any lesson.
Answer: (a) interesting (b) uninteresting (c) memorize (d) memorization (e) repeatedly (f) mindful (g) labourious (h) frequently
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We have both (a)_____ happy and (b)_____ happiness is this world. When somebody is (c)_____ successful in his mission, he is happy. While he is (d)_____ success, he is unhappy. (e)_____ Prolong unhappiness in one’s life is unbearable. Happiness is a (f)_____ relate term. Moreover, it is an (g)_____ visible abstract thing. It is said that happiness lies in (h)_____ content and nothing is more transitory than happiness in this world.
Ans: (a) happiness (b) unhappiness (c) successful (d) unsuccessful (e) prolonged (f) relative (g) invisible (h) contentment
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Our (a)_____ nation memorial (b)_____ symbol the nation’s respect for the martyrs of the liberation war. It is an (c)_____ achieve which is (d)_____ measurable. Our freedom fighters showed their unique (e)_____ hero in the war against the well-armed soldiers of Pakistan. The Pakistani soldiers killed our people (f)_____merciless. They continued atrocities in (g)_____ associate with the local (h)_____ collaborate. However, they were defeated in the end.
Answer:(a)national(b)symbolizes (c)achievement (d)immeasurable (e)heroism (f)mercilessly (g)association (h)collaborators
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(a)_____Free is the constitutional right of man. So every man wishes to be free. We wanted freedom. But the Pakistani (b)_____rule wanted to keep us under (c)_____subjugate by all means. So the war of liberation broke out. Our freedom fighters fought with (d)____ resistible strength of mind and came out (e)_____victory. (f)_____free is our congenital right and our (g)_____dependence is our most (h)_____glory achievement in the history of Bangladesh.
Answer:(a)freedom(b)rulers(c)subjugation(d)irresistible(e)victorious(f)freedom (g)independence (h)glorious
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(a)_____Truth people are honest. (b)_____truthful is a great virtue. One cannot have the virtue of (c)_____honest without speaking the truth. (d)_____honest people tell a lie for personal interest. (e)_____dishonest spoils other human qualities in life. People who are (f)_____ virtue are honest and truthful. They are also (g)_____believe in god and they fear only god. They are (h)_____loved to all.
Answer: (a) truthful (b)truthfulness (c)honesty (d)dishonest (e) Dishonesty (f) virtuous (g)believers (h) beloved
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Food (a)_____adulterate is a great problem in the country.(b)_____adulterate food is (c)_____harm to health. Some (d)_____scrupulous businessmen adulterate food to make money. By eating adulterated food we will get (e)_____curable disease. Steps have been taken by the government to stop the (f)_____practice of food adulteration. It is not a (g)_____punish offence to make food and fruits (h)_____poison by using any chemical or any substance
Ans:(a)adulteration(b)adulterated (c)harmful (d)unscrupulous (e)incurable (f)malpractice (g)punishable (h)poisonous
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Our independence is our (a)_____glory achievement. We feel proud of our independence. Today we have our own national flag. When it is (b)_____hoist, it flutters (c)_____glorify the sacrifice of our freedom fighters. We should not (d)_____honour them. We should not be (e)_____grateful to them. We pay tribute to them (f)_____occasion. We make (g)_____arrange of a function and begin it (h)_____ceremony in memory of them. Is it enough?
Answer:(a)glorious(b)hoisted(c)glorifying(d)dishonour(e)ungrateful (f)occasionally (g) arrangement (h)ceremonially
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Good health means (a)_____sound of body and mind. Health is the root of all (b)_____happy. One should take exercise. (c)_____regular to keep a good health. He is also to observe the rules of (d)_____clean. An (e)_____healthy man cannot enjoy life. He suffers from frustration. (f)_____hopeless etc. On the other hand a (g)_____health man can enjoy his life (h)_____full.
Answer (a) soundness (b) happiness (c) regularly (d) cleanliness (e) unhealthy (f) hopelessness (g) healthy (h) fully
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The (a)_____important of television is too many to describe. It is like a stage where (b)_____perform are seen and heard. It gives us news on (c)_____nation and international matters. Television has a great educative value. It teachers the (d)_____literate and students. It (e)_____large our knowledge. It has broken the wall between the educated and the (f)_____educated. Television has some (g)_____merits too. So, television programmes should be (h)_____careful produced.
Answer: (a) Importance (b) performers (c) national (d) illiterate (e) enlarges (f) uneducated (g) demerits (h) carefully
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Trees are (a)_____use to man in many ways. They are companions in our day to day life. It is (b)_____possible to build our homes, furniture etc. without trees. Trees save us from flood and (c)_____nature calamities. It (d)_____strength the soil. If we cut trees at random. There will be ecological (e)_____balanced. So, tree (f)_____plant programme should be extended for a better, (g)_____happy and (h)_____healthy life.
Answer: (a) usefully (b) impossible (c) natural (d) strengthen (e) imbalance (f) plantation (g) happier (h) healthier
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My mother has come of a (a)_____respect Muslim family. She is very polite,(b)_____affection and intelligent. She manages the family(c)_____nice. Nice loves ma (d)_____dear. She is ready to sacrifice her own (e)_____happy for us. She gives much important on (f)_____truthful and honesty. She advises us not to follow any (g)_____honesty in the life and not to do anything (h)_____wisely.
Answer: (a) respectable (b) affectionate (c) nicely (d) dearly (e) happiness (f) truthfulness (g) dishonesty (h) unwisely
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A day (a)_____labour is the who does manual labour in various fields. He is not (b)_____known to us. He is to be (c)_____health, strong and stout. He works hard from dawn to dusk for his (d)_____employ. He cannot lead an (e)_____dependent life. He is to depend on his employer. He cannot lead a (f)_____ peace life. He always leads a very (g)_____ happy and (h)_____decent life.
Answer: (a) laborer (b) unknown (c) healthy (d) employer (e) independent(f)peaceful (g) unhappy (h) indecent
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Money is the means of leading (a)_____world life.(b)_____short of money makes our life (c)_____deplore. We cannot lead our life. (d)_____ proper in want of money. But there is (e)_____difficult in earning money. Our peace and prosperity are (f)_____ depend on proper utilization of money. Spending money in an (g)_____proper way can lead us to the path of destruction. So, we should be (h)_____ care in spending money.
Answer: (a) worldly (b) shortage (c) deplorable (d) properly (e) difficulty (f) dependent (g) improper (h) careful
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Dowry system is the most (a)_____ hate system in our society. (b)_____ usual in our society female (c)_____child are considered inferior to male children. They are thought to be (d)_____use to the society. So, during marriage ceremony a section of (e)_____greed people claim much wealth or money from the guardians of the brides. If the guardians fail to fulfil the demand of their bridegroom, they (f)_____behave with their wives and sometimes torture them (g)_____serious. This problem must be removed (h)_____ immediate.
Answer: (a) hateful (b) usually (c) children (d) useless (e) greedy (f) misbehave (g) seriously (h) immediately
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Honey is (a)_____ nature produced by honey bees through (b)_____collect of nectar from (c)_____differ flowers and then stores them in the hive. But nowadays there are (d)_____ keep who rear bees in (e)_____wood hives and produce honey (f)_____commercial. This is (g)_____full chemical and hazard free activity. With the support of the govt. and (h)_____government organization approximately 300 bee keepers have been trained for honey production.
Answer: (a) naturally (b) collection (c) different (d) keepers (e) wooden (f) commercially (g) fully (h) non-government
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Bangladesh is the most (a)_____dense populated country. This creates food problem (b)_____education problem.(c)_____employment problem, medical problem, shelter problem (d)_____environment problem. To check the (e)_____ normal growth of population, top most importance should be attached to education of the masses. Keeping the entire population (f)_____educated it would be (g)_____ possible to develop national (h)_____aware among them.
Answer:(a) agriculture (b) educational(c)unemployment(d)environmental(e)abnormal(f) uneducated (g) impossible (h) awareness
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An (a)_____healthy man leads an (b)_____happy life. He cannot enjoy (c)_____happy. He suffers both (d)_____physical and (e)_____mental. He passes his days very (f)_____ pain. His life is very (g)_____sorrow. He is (h)_____ active.
Answer: (a) unhealthy (b) unhappy (c) happiness (d) physically (e) mentally (f) painfully (g) sorrowful (h) inactive
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A (a)_____honest man is (b)_____liked by all. On the other hand a man of (c)_____honest cannot lead an (d)_____pure life. He leads a (e)_____peace life. He may be (f)_____solvent but he has (g)_____content. He does not run after (h)_____world things.
Answer: (a) dishonest (b) disliked (c) honesty (d) impure (e) peaceful insolvent (g) contentment (h) worldly
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A good student is (a)_____mind to his studies. He is (b)_____respect to his (c)_____teach. He does not (d)_____honour anybody. He is free from (e)_____conduct. He is (f)_____study. He is not (g)_____sincere to his study. He maintains (h)_____punctual.
Answer: (a)mindful (b) respectful (c) teachers (d) dishonor (e) misconduct (f) studies (g) insincere (h) punctuality
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The mane of Kazi Nazrul Islam is not (a)_____known to anybody. He is a great (b)_____write. He is also a (c)_____sings. His writings are full of (d)_____inspire. His (e)_____contribute to Bengali literature has made him (f)_____mortal. His writing are (g)_____revolution. He is our (h)_____nation poet.
Answer: (a) unknown (b) writer (c)singer (d) inspiration (e)contribution (f)immortal (g)revolutionary (h) national
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Smoking is (a)_____harm her health. It is also (b)_____ cost. (c)_____ smoke should not smoke (d)_____ public. Smoking creates (e)_____pollute. Smoking causes many (f)_____curable diseases. It causes (g)_____comfort to others. But there are many people who are (h)_____aware of the harmful effect of smoking.
Ans; (a) harmful (b) costly (c) smoker (d) publicly (e) pollution (f) incurable (g) discomfort (h) unaware
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Man should be (a)_____duty. He must know his (b)_____responsible. By doing his duty (c)_____proper he can attain (d)_____prosper. He prospers (e)_____slow. He is a man of (f)_____sincere. He is not (g)_____active. He does not suffer from (h)_____inactive.
Ans; (a) dutiful (b) responsibility (c) properly (d) prosperity (e) slowly (f) sincerity (g) inactive (h) inactiveness
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A pious man is free from (a)_____sin activities. He is not (b)_____kind to anyone. He maintains good (c)_____relation with all. Above all he is not (d)_____greed. He knows that (e)_____deeds leads a man to (f)_____destruct. He enjoys peace (g)_____mental. He leads a (h)_____peace life.
Ans; (a) sinful (b) unkind (c) relation (d) greedy (e) misdeeds (f) destruction (g) mentally (h) peaceful
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Before 1971 Bangladesh was not (a)_____ dependent. It earned (b)_____ dependence in 1971. We remember the (c)_____free (d)_____fight for their love of freedom for the country. Their contribution to the country is (e)_____ measurable. They have become (f)_____mortal. They will remain (g)_____ forgettable. We remember them (h)_____ respect.
Ans; (a) dependent (b) independence (c) freedom (d) fighters (e) immeasurable (f) immortal (g) unforgettable (h) respectfully
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A smart person looks (a)_____ cheer. He is also jovial. He does not suffer from (b)_____ frustrate. He is very (c)_____ hope and (d)_____optimist in life. He is full of enthusiasm. Nothing can (e)_____damp his spirit. He is a man of (f)_____polite. He is (g)_____ friend with everybody. He does not (h)_____ behave with anybody.
Ans; (a) cheerful (b) frustration (c)hopeful (d) optimistic (e) dampen (f) politeness (g) friendly (h) misbehave
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A hard (a)_____ work is (b)_____hope of his (c)_____success life. He works (d)_____ hearty to attain (e)_____prosper. His (f)_____attain is slow. He passes his days through (g)_____hard. He is (h)_____physical strong.
Ans; (a) worker (b) hopeful (c) successful (d) heartily (e) prosperity (f) attainment (g) hardship (h) physically
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(a)_____Lazy is a bad habit. A lazy man spends his time through (b)_____idle. He cannot earn (c)_____ achieve. He suffers (d)_____great in life. So he drags a miserable (e)_____exist. His life is (f)_____meaning. His (g)_____ depend on other’s is very bad. He is not (h)_____ care of his future.
Ans; (a) laziness (b) idleness (c) achievement (d) greatly (e) existence (f) meaningless (g) dependence (h) careful
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A (a)_____ sin cannot go (b)_____punished.(c)_____final he pays for his (d)_____deeds. When he realizes his sin. He becomes (e)_____repent. He prays (f)_____ hearty. The (g)_____ mercy Allah bestows. His (h)_____ limited kindness upon him.
Ans; (a)sinner(b)unpunished (c) finally (d) misdeeds (e) repentant (f) heartily (g) merciful (h) unlimited
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Our (a)_____free (b)_____fight fought bravely. Their (c)_____dedicate is an act of (d)_____inspire for us. They have become (e)_____mortal. They have brought (f)_____ dependence for the country through their sacrifice. They are famous for their (g)_____brave. They were also (h)_____courage.
Ans; (a) freedom (b) fighters (c) dedication (d) inspiration (e) immortal (f) independence (g) bravity (h) courageous
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(a)_____Clean has great (b)_____important in our life. It is said that it is next to godliness. It is necessary to lead a (c)_____health life. It makes life easy and (d)_____comfort. An (e)_____clean person does not want to go out. He does not enjoy (f)_____fresh of mind. (g)_____Cleanliness causes (h)_____comfortable to others.
Ans; (a)cleanliness(b) importance(c)healthy(d)comfortable(e)unclean(f) freshness (g)unseemliness (h) discomfort
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Dhaka is a (a)_____ beauty city. But its beauty is spoilt by our (b)_____wise activities. The city dwellers are polluting its environment. (c)_____Cleanliness is the (d)_____ ugly sight in the city. In order to make the city look more beautiful, there should be a (e)_____ plan system. A lot of work has been done under (f)_____beautify scheme to beautify the city. But it will not prove (g)_____fruit unless we are successful in our drive for (h)_____cleanly.
Ans:(a)beautiful(b)unwise(c)unseemliness(d)ugliest(e)planned(f)beautification(g)fruitful (h)cleanliness.
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Road accidents have (a)_____ recent become a regular phenomenon in our country. As a result of the accidents many persons fall a victim to (b)_____timely death. It is reported that most of the accidents occur because of the (c)_____violate of traffic rules by (d)_____skilled drivers and (e)_____conscious passers-by. (f)_____obedient to traffic rules can help to expedite the (g)_____prevent of road accidents in the country. The pedestrians must use the foot paths, the over passes and the (h)_____ passes.
Ans(a) recently (b)untimely (c)violation (d)unskilled (e)unconscious (f)obedience (g)prevention (h)under-passes
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Ours is not a developed country. We are (a)_____ gradual developing. We are considered to be an (b)_____ developed country because of many reasons. (c)_____Literacy is one of them. The government of the country is aware of these. So, measures have been taken for the (d)_____ eradicate of illiteracy. It is true that literacy rate is (e)_____ rapid progressing. The main reasons of it are (f)_____ dishonest and (g)_____ corrupt in every walk of life. Another reason is (h)_____ obedience to laws of the land.
Ans:(a)gradually(b)underdeveloped(c)illiteracy (d)eradication (e)rapidly (f)dishonesty (g)corruption (h)disobedience
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Nobody can expect a good result in the examination without good (a)_____ prepare. You should be (b)_____prepare for it well ahead of the schedule. Some students remain (c)_____prepare for the examination even it is imminent. As a part of (d)_____ prepare step they go to the teachers for a concise (e)_____suggest. This is not a good practice. Slow but (f)_____ stead wins the race. Students have (g)_____know to understand the meaning of this (h)_____verb in order to build up a prosperous career.
Ans: (a) preparation (b)prepared(c)unprepared (d)preparatory (e)suggestion (f)steady (g)knowledge (h)proverb
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Man can have (a)_____ popular by means of service to people. People in power can have honour. But this honour will not last long if their behaviour is not good. When common people are (b)_____mental hurt by their (c)_____behaviour, usually they do not express their feeling in front of them. But they make (d)_____criticize of their manners and (e)_____regard them later. (f)_____ ill-manner people cannot have respect from others. If they are (g)_____power in society. They cannot, have (h)_____popular. People hate them.
Ans:(a)popularity(b)mentally(c)misbehaviour(d)criticism(e)disregard (f)ill mannered (g)powerful (h)popularity
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A book fair is a large scale (a)_____exhibit of different kinds of books. It is (b)_____occasion held in our country. The bookstalls are (c)_____temporary built and then decorated. The (d)_____publish organize it in order to (e)_____play the works of different authors. The (f)_____decorate work is completed costing a lot of money. The (g)_____organize do not worry for the (h)_____expend because they can make profit by selling a lot of books.
Ans:(a)exhibition(b)occasionally (c)temporarily (d)publishers (e)display (f)decoration (g)organizers (h)expenditure
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Eve teaching is one of our social problems. It is the result of moral (a)_____ degrades of our young generation. Eve teaching is an (b)_____ moral activity. Laws have been (c)_____ acted to stop eve teaching. We want the proper (d)_____ execute of the laws. The steps will not produce the desired result if the (e)_____ offend come out through the loopholes of the laws. What (f)_____ practical happens is that the (g)_____ use of power makes the criminals go (h)_____punished. It is never desirable in a civilized society.
Answer:(a) degradation (b)immortal (c)enacted (d)execution (e)offenders (f)practically (g)misuse (h)unpunished
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A winter morning is very cold and dull. The sun is (a)_____hard seen if the sky is (b)_____cloud. Nothing is seen at a distance and everything is hazy because of heavy fog. The (c)_____hazy continues until the fog disperses. A winter morning is (d)_____comfort for the rich while it is (e)_____ comfort for the poor. However, winter is (f)_____favour for working hard. People can (g)_____go hard labour and those who work (h)_____physical do not get sweating and tired.
Ans:(a)hardly(b)cloudy(c)haziness(d)comfortable(e)uncomfortable(f)favourable(g)undergo (h)physically
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Health is the (a)_____ sound of both body and mind. To possess good health, one must grow up (b)_____ physical, mentally,(c)_____emotional as well as (d)_____social. You may be unsocial. Balanced (f)_____ grow of our young (g)_____learn is essential in order to have (h)_____sound of both body and mind.
Answer:(a)soundness (b)physically (c)emotionally (d)socially (e)unusual (f)growth (g)learners (h)soundness
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Bangladesh is the most (a)_____dense populated country of the world. She is also an (b)_____ populated country. There are many countries which are small but not overpopulated. They are rather (c)_____ population. We need (d)_____ population to (e)_____move poverty, but we have no way other than birth control. In order to (f)_____ popular birth control certain steps have been taken (g)_____ pragmatic, but the result is not yet up to the level of (h)_____expect.
Answer: (a) densely (b) overpopulated (c)depopulated (d)depopulation (e)remove (f)popularize (g)pragmatically (h)expectation
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Our national flag is the symbol of our freedom and (a)_____sovereign. It is also (b)_____ symbol of our integrity and solidarity. Only (c)_____ territory independence without sovereignty is not the real independence. Our national flag (d)_____ minds us of our glorious existence. It is also the emblem of our spirit, hopes and aspiration. We must (e)_____hold its dignity. It is a great pity that some (f)_____treachery people live in this country but do not pay (g)_____loyal to the sovereignty of the country. They are really factors who worked against the war of (h)_____ liberate.
Ans:(a)sovereignty(b)symbolic(c)territorial(d)reminds(e)uphold(f)treacherous(g)loyalty (h)liberation
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Trees are (a)_____use part of human environment. They are needed to (b)_____beauty our (c)_____surround. No one should cut down a tree (d)_____necessarily or for any (e)_____important reason. Let us plan more and more trees. In the USA, one living in the (f)_____local can cut down any three without the (g)_____permission local authority even if he is the (h)_____own of the tree. This rule should be introduced in our country too.
Ans: (a)useful (b)beautify (c)surrounding (d)unnecessarily (e)unimportant (f)locality (g)permission (g)owner
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Tree (a)_____plan is a must for (b)_____ecology balance. If trees are cut down and not planted (c)_____proportionate the country will face more and more problems. There should be laws so that the (d)_____considerate people cannot cut down trees.(e)_____indiscriminate. Very often the (f)_____editor desk of new paper write on the (g)_____important of tree plantation and (h)_____deforest cause by many dishonest people.
Ans: (a) plantation (b) ecological (c) proportionately (d) inconsiderate (e) indiscriminately (f) editorial (g) importance (h) deforestation
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A school magazine is a literary creation of the students reading in the school. It is (a)_____patron by the headmaster of the school. A student works at the (b)_____editor desk under the (c)_____guide of senior teacher. A school cannot bring out an (d)_____inform magazine if the management is (e)_____efficient. Many a good (f)_____education institutions bring out magazines (g)_____annual focusing the (h)_____creative of the young learners.
Answer: (a) patronized (b) editorial (c)guidance (d)informative (e)inefficient (f)educational (g)annually (h)creativities
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Price hike means the (a)_____ usual increase in the prices of daily necessaries. Now a days, it is not an (b)_____ common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Market syndicate is (c)_____ most responsible for this price-hike. Besides, some (d)_____ honest people store essential commodities with a view to making huge profit. As a result (e)_____deplore condition is created in our society. To get rid of this (f)_____problem situation(g)_____agriculture sector should be given priority in the annual budget. At the same time, public (h)_____ aware should be raised against it.
Answer(a)unusual(b) uncommon (c)mostly (d)dishonest (e)deplorable (f)problematic (g)agricultural (h) awareness
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A book fair is an (a)_____ exhibit where different types of books are displayed and sold. Now a days its (b)_____popular is increasing day by day.(c)_____Lucky I visited the Ekushey Boi Mela this year. Every year, it reminds us struggle and sacrifice of the language (d)_____ move. The fair is organized by Bangla Academy (e)_____author in the premises of the (f)_____institute. I found a (g)_____differ environment in the fair and bought some(h)_____favour books.
Ans:(a) exhibition (b) popularity (c)luckily (d)movement (e)authority (f)institution (g)different (h)favourite
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(a)_____Child is an important period of life. It moulds the character of the (b)_____child. Children learn from their parents. But it is very (c)_____ fortunate that a huge number of children are working in various risky sectors. It is (d)_____basic a problem of the (e)_____develop country like Bangladesh. The child labours suffer from various diseases including (f)_____nutrition. Abusing children at this (g)_____mature age is a punishable crime. Poverty alleviation and (h)_____conscious among the common people can help minimize this problem.
Answer:(a) childhood (b) children (c) unfortunate (d) basically (e) developing (f)malnutrition (g)immature (h)consciousness
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Everybody hates the (a)_____ honest people. On the other hand, honest people are always respected. Even children (b)_____like the dishonest people. A dishonest people. A dishonest man have (c)_____pomp life. But it is totally (d)_____ possible for a dishonest person to find out (e)_____happy. Honest can offer you a (f)_____ comfort life. We are (g)_____hope that our younger generation will follow the path of (h)_____honest.
Ans:(a) dishonest (b)dislike (c)pompous (d)impossible (e)happiness (f)comfortable (g)hopeful (h)honesty
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Addiction means strong (a)_____ attract for any (b)_____ harm thing. Drug (c)_____ addict means taking heroine, marijuana etc. Some of these are taken by smoking or through injection. The frequent taking of these drugs leads a man to (d)_____die. Drug addiction is not only a national but also a (e)_____ globe problems. Some steps can be taken to stop this problem. People should be made aware of the (f)_____ merits of drugs. Those who are involved with the (g)_____ legal business of drug should be punished strictly. Taking drug is definitely an (h)_____social act.
Ans(a)attraction(b)harmful(c)addiction(d)death(e) global (f) demerits (g)illegal (h) antisocial
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We should be (a)_____ duty. Our sense of dutifulness is very (b)_____signify in our day today life. We should be(c)_____ self-rely. We should have (d)_____ sincere in every (e)_____ act. Those who do not work hard cannot become (f)_____ industry. Industry is the mother of success. To be (g)_____ success in life we have to struggle (h)_____ proper.
Answer: (a) dutiful (b) significant (c) self-reliant (d) sincerity (e) action (f) industrious (g) successful (h) properly
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(a)_____Religion belief is (b)_____ signify. There are (c)_____ differ types of (d)_____ religion belief. No religion is of the (e)_____opine about (f)_____criticize other religions. If we citizen anything of any religion, it is nothing but (g)_____ hallucinates. We should be (h)_____care of it.
Answer:(a)religious(b)significant (c) different (d) religious (e)opinion (f)criticizing (g)hallucination (h)careful
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(a)_____ Deforest is one of the greatest threats to our environment. It has many (b)_____ reaching effects on the environments. Many people cut down trees (c)_____discriminate but they (d)_____ hard think about the adverse effect it causes. In fact, (e)_____forestation the act of cutting or (f)_____ burn the trees in an area by which trees can be decreased (g)_____ rapid and (h)_____large.
Answer: (a) deforestation (b)far-reaching (c)indiscrimately (d)hardly (e)deforestation (f) burning (h)largely
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The (a)_____develop of a country is(b)_____depend on good (c)_____govern. Without good governance, no country can reach the (d)_____culminate of success. Good governance democracy must be (e)_____institution. Democracy must be (f)_____practical applied. It should not be theory only. It must have (g)_____good for people. If not, development will not be (h)_____ actualize.
Answer: (a)development (b) dependent (c)government (d) culmination (e)institutionalized (f)practically (g) goodness (h) actualized
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(a)_____Electron mail is one of the many moderns devices of (b)_____communicate. This is not only a quick, easy and (c)_____ relative cheap way to keep in touch with family and friends. We need internet (d)_____ connect for browsing email. We can also attach big files and send them to our desired persons. Thus it becomes very easy to transfer important files, documents, photos etc instantly without (e)_____ physical going to anywhere. It maintains our private, social and (f)_____ office networking in a (g)_____ power and (h)_____ effect way.
Ans:(a) Electronic (b) communication (c)relatively (d)connection (e)physically (f)official (g)powerful (h)effective
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Truthful is not (a)_____ normal. It is (b)_____ nature. It (c)_____ sure the spiritual peace of human mind. It (d)_____ power our soul and enhances our willing power. Illegal and (e)_____ lawful things are against the truth. We must speak boldly and (f)_____ clear. (g)_____Kind is a condition of (h)_____ truthful.
Ans:(a)abnormal (b)natural (c)ensures(d)empowers(e)unlawful(f)clearly (g)kindness (h)truthfulness
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Money is (a)_____ sweet than honey and it is called the fuel of life. Though money is a must in our life but (b)_____ sure it cannot be the root of all (c)_____ happy.(d)_____Happy lies in (e)_____content. (f)_____ moral place an important role in this respect. Those who are earn money though (g)_____ honest, leads a (h)_____ miser life.
Ans:(a)sweeter(b)surely(c)happiness(d) happiness (e)contentment (f)morality (g)dishonestly (h)miserably
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My mother is a (a)_____ religion. She always prefers me to follow the path of (b)_____ honest and integrity. She has strong (c)_____moral. She has (d)_____ soft in her heart for the poor. She always helps the poor to see the (e)_____ happy in their face. She is an ideal housewife. She does all the household chores by (f)_____ her. She is also (g)_____ care of our study. She says her (h)_____ pray regularly.
Answer:(a)religious(b) honesty(c) morality (d) softness (e)happiness (f) herself (g)careful (h) prayer
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Honesty is opposite to (a)_____honesty. An honest man is never (b)_____harm to anybody. He never does (c)_____ justice to others. When he does anything (d)_____ moral, he feels (e)_____ remorse. He never tells a lie. He is always (f)_____ care to his duty. He is rewarded in the long run. We should follow the path of (g)_____honest and leave off the path of (h)_____ honesty.
Ans:(a)dishonesty(b)harmful(c)injustice(d)immoral(e)remorseful(f)careful(g)honesty (h)dishonesty
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Man is the best (a)_____ create of Allah. He is a (b)_____ ration being. Allah has created man with such gift of achieving (c)_____world affluence along with spiritual (d)_____ perfect. He has to do a lot but his life is short. The (e)_____ short of life has added a new value to human life. The (f)_____ add of the new value is tragic to man. People who believe in (g)_____ spiritual of life are indifferent to worldly life. They give more (h)_____ important to spiritual.
Answer:(a) creation (b)rational (c)worldly (d)perfection (e)shortness (f)addition (g)spirituality (h)importance
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Education develops our mind through (a)_____ form learning. The mental and (b)_____ intellect training is also provided by education. Again, the purpose of education is to (c)_____ lighten the individual. The (d)_____ promote individuals capacity is also its purpose. Education (e)_____ noble our mind and refines our (f)_____ sensible. So, there are (g)_____ vary advantages of education. You cannot find any (h)_____advantage of education.
Ans:(a)formal(b)intellectual(c)enlighten(d)promotion(e)ennobles(f)sensibility(g)various )disadvantage
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(a)_____ Patriot is a noble virtue. It is an (b)_____ emotion love for one’s country. It is the (c)_____ inspire for a man to shed every drop of blood of defend the (d)_____ liberate and dignity of the country. But patriotism should not be (e)_____ mere a so called slogan in the public (f)_____ meet to deceive the people. We should have (g)_____ fix it in the core of our heart. We should keep (h)_____ our in such noble virtue.
Ans:(a)Patriotism(b)emotional(c)inspiration(d)liberty (e)merely (f)fixed (g)materialize (h)ourselves
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Bangladesh is our birth land. It is small but (a)_____ beauty. It is an (b)_____ agriculture country. Most of the people of this country directly or (c)_____ direct depend on agriculture for their(d)_____ live. Many important industrious are (e)_____ depend on agriculture products. Farmers are sometimes (f)_____ help and depend on nature. If the rainfall is timely, they can grow bumper crops. But it is (g)_____ regret that they hardly get water in time. The harvest causes (h)_____ suffer to the entire population.
Answer:(a)beautiful (b)agricultural (c)indirectly (d)livelihood (e)dependent (f)helpless (g)regretful (h)suffering
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Paper is very useful material. Its (a)_____ important cannot be described in words. In the past paper was (b)_____ available. They used palm leaves barks, stones, etc to writes on. It cost much (c)_____ convenience to them. With the (d)_____ invent of paper this inconvenience has been removed. Now people can maintain data (e)_____ easy. But it is (f)_____ fortunate that they waste paper (g)_____ discriminately. We should accept the (h)_____create rather than abusing it.
Ans(a)importance (b)unable (c)inconvenience (d)invention(e)easily (f)unfortunate (g)indiscrimately (h)creation.
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A good student studies (a)_____ regular and (b)_____ attentive. Inattentive and (c)_____regular activities are not for an (d)_____attention student. A good student is always serious in his activities. Lack of (e)_____ serious is the sign of (f)_____lazy. Those who are lazy cannot be a good student. Everybody (g)_____ likes them. There not (h)_____success in life.
Ans:(a)regularly(b)attentively(c)irregular(d)attentive(e)seriousness(f)laziness(g)dislikes (h)successful
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Truth is not (a)_____ normal. It is (b)_____nature it (c)_____sure the spiritual peace of human mind. It (d)_____ powers our soul and enhances our willing power. Illegal and (e)_____ lawful things are against the truth. We must speak (f)_____ bold and clearly. (g)_____ Kind is a condition of (h)_____ truthful.
Answer:(a)abnormal(b)natural(c)ensures (d) empowers (e)unlawful (f)boldly (g)kindness (h)truthful
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Man is the (a)_____ make of his own fate. If he maintain (b)_____ sincere and does his duty (c)_____ according. He can (d)_____ sure his improvement and (e)_____ prosper in life; but if he maintain and (f)_____ sincere way of life, he will (g)_____ sure repent. It will be a (h)_____ disaster event in his life.
Ans:(a)maker(b)sincerity(c) accordingly (d) ensure (e)prosperity (f)insincere (g)surely (h)disastrous
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E- Mail has brought about a revolution in modern (a)_____communicate. Message can be transmitted from one country to another country (b)_____ in second. It is far (c)_____ cheap than telephone calls. Trade and commerce become (d)_____great depend on this (e)_____ speed mode of (f)_____ communicate. It has (g)_____ deniably upgraded the whole world (h)_____ significant.
Answer:(a)communication(b)within(c)cheaper(d)greatly(e)speedy(f)communication(g)undeniably (h)significantly
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Sports are popular form of (a)_____ entertain. Many (b)_____ national sporting events are organized from time to. Most of these events are by multinational (c)_____ manufacture and (d)_____ busy firms. They pay for the sports events in (e)_____ change for the right to advertise their products during those events. These events are telecast worldwide by satellite and people all over the world (f)_____ joy them live thus, both parties; (g)_____ organize and (h)_____ advertise gain benefit.
Ans:(a)entertainment(b)international(c)manufacturing(d)business(e)exchange(f)enjoy (g)organizers (h)advertisers.
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Mr Sezan is a (a)_____ law. He (b)_____ likes people who talk much. His clothes are (c)_____ expensive. He (d)_____ ways wears pants with full sleeve shirt. His hair is not straight but (e)_____ curl. He doesn’t have a beard but he has a moustache. He is beset with (f)_____ honest and (g)_____ sincere. Although he is poor, he is (h)_____ please with what he has.
Answer:(a)lawyer (b)dislikes (c)inexpensive (d) always (e)curly (f)honesty (g)sincerity (h)pleased
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Most of our (a)_____ examine cannot write out their examination papers (b)_____ fair well. As they cannot (c)_____ stand the questions (d)_____proper, they often beat about the bush and (e)_____ length the answers (f)_____ necessarily. But their answers should have (g)_____accurate and (h)_____ precise.
Answer:(a)examinees(b)fairly(c)understand(d)properly(e)lengthen(f)unnecessarily(g)accuracy (h)precision
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Face book is a social (a)_____ network site. It has a gained much (b)_____ popular among young generation. But sometimes students waste their (c)_____ value time by browsing face book. So, in this parental (d)_____ supervise is a must. (e)_____ Additional many people (f)_____ fine face book as an embracing invention of (g)_____ person’s privacy. However plays significant roles in (h)_____ socialize.
Answer:(a)networking(b)popularity (c)valuable (d)supervision (e)additionally (f)define (g)personal (h)socializing
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Blood (a)_____ donate is a noble act. But many people are (b)_____willing to donate blood. Because of their cheap (c)_____ mental. Donating blood can save the life of a (d)_____ die patent the government should (e)_____ courage people to donate blood (f)_____free. Otherwise, we will be (g)_____ able to save the lives of serious patients which is very (h)_____ graceful.
Answer:(a)donation(b)unwilling(c)mentality(d)dying(e)encourage(f)freely(g)unable (h)disgraceful
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Once upon a time there lived an old (a)_____ farm in a village. He had three sons. They were (b)_____ quarrel They always quarrelled with one another. Their father told them that (c)_____quarrel is a bad thing. (d)_____ final he decided to teach them a good lesson. His (e)_____ decide was a good one. The sons come to the (f)_____ realize that they should not quarrel like that. The farmers become very happy to see that there is no (g)_____understanding among his sons. Although they were (h)_____conscious about the importance of unity, they can now realize its importance.
Answer:(a) farmer (b)quarrelsome (c) quarreling (d) finally (e)decision (f) realization (g) misunderstanding h) unconscious.
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Money is (a)_____ sweet than honey and it is called the fuel of life. Though money is a must in our (b)_____ world Life. it cannot (c)_____ sure. All happiness. (d)_____ happy lies in contentment. People who are happy with what they have, are never (e)_____ happy People who are (f)_____ mental unhappy with what they have, are sure unhappy (g)_____ morality cannot bring peace’s (h)_____ moral is always rewarded.
Ans (a) sweeter (b) worldly (c) ensure (d) happiness (e) unhappy (f) mentally (g) immorality (h) morality
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The rapid (a)_____ grow of population must be controlled (b)_____ wise, all the attempts for the solution of food problem will fail. So, we have to increase our food production very (c)_____ rapid we may solve our food problem (d)_____large by charging our (e)_____tradition Food habit. We can create a (f)_____very in our menu. For example, we can take potato instead of rice. However, we cannot solve the problem (g)_____less We increase our food (h)_____product.
Answer: (a) growth (b) otherwise (c) rapidly (d) largely (e)traditional(f)variety(g) unless(h) production.
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Truth is not (a)_____normal it is (b)_____nature it (c)_____sure The spiritual peace of human mind. It (d)_____power our soul and enhances our willing power. Illegal and (e)_____lawful things are against the truth. We must speak boldly and (f)_____clear (g)_____ kind is a condition of (h)_____ truthful.
Ans (a) abnormal (b)natural (c) ensures (d) empowers (e) unlawful (f) clearly (g) kindness (h) truthfulness
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Education for girls is essential for the (a)_____better of the society’s (b)_____develop. In education for girls surely bring in greater (c)_____put Economically because educated women can contribute more to the family than those who have no (d)_____school .Educated mothers are more (e)_____care to send their children to school and look after their health and nutrition. According to napoleon education of women is the (f)_____condition of (g)_____nation. Development. In Bangladesh, govt. should take more steps to educated he girls for progress and (h)_____prosper.
Answer(a) betterment (b)development (c)output (d) schooling (e) careful(f) precondition (g) national (h) prosperity.
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Price-like means the (a)_____usual increase in the prices of daily necessaries. Nowadays, it is not an (b)_____ common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Market syndicate is (c)_____most responsible for this price-hike. Besides, some (d)_____ honest people stone essential commodities with a view to making huge profit. As a result a (e)_____ deplore condition is created in our society. To get rid of this (f)_____ problem Situation (g)_____agriculture sector should be given priority in the annual budget. At the same time, public (h)_____ aware should be raised against it.
Answer:(a) unusual (b) uncommon (c)mostly (d) dishonest (e) deplorable (f) problematic (g) agricultural (h) awareness.
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Bangladesh is our birth land. It is small but (a)_____beauty. It is an (b)_____agriculture country. Most of the people of this country directly or (c)_____direct depend on agriculture for their (d)_____lively. Many important industries are (e)_____depend on agricultural products. But our farmers are sometimes helpless and depend on nature. if the (f)_____rain is timely, they can grow bumper crops. But it is (g)_____fortune. That they hardly get water in time. (h)_____fail to grow crops causes sufferings to the entire people.
Answer: a) beautiful b) agricultural c) indirectly d) livelihood e) dependable f) rainfall(g) unfortunate failure.
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(a)_____Patriot is a noble virtue. It is an (b)_____emotion . Love for one’s country. It is the (c)_____inspire for a man to shed every drop of blood to defend the (d)_____liberate and dignity of the country. But patriotism should not be (e)_____mere a so called slogan in the public (f)_____meet to deceive the people. We should have (g)_____fix it in the core of our heart . We should keep (h)_____our In such noble virtue
Answer: (a) patriotism (b) emotional (c) inspiration (d) liberty (e) merely (f) fix (d) materialize (h) ourselves.
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Bangladesh is an (a)_____agriculture country. Here most of the people live below the poverty line. They took the profession of farmer. But (b)_____literacy is a big problem in our country. The (c)_____literate people have little (d)_____know Of the modern methods of farming. It is true that our (e)_____govern has taken some steps, but they are (f)_____sufficient the government should not remain (g)_____attentive to agricultural sector. Farmers should be trained (h)_____proper to grow more crops.
Ans:(a) agricultural (b) illiteracy (c) illiterate (d) knowledge (e) government (f) insufficient (g) inattentive (h) properly.
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My mother is very (a)_____ religion. She always prefers me to follow the path of (b)_____ honest and integrity. She has strong (c)_____moral she has (d)_____soft in her heart for the poor. She always helps the poor to see the (e)_____happy In their face. She is an ideal housewife. She does all the household chores by (f)_____ her She is also (g)_____care of our study. She says her (h)_____ pray regularly
Answer: a) religious (b) honesty c) morality d) softness e) happiness f) herself g) careful (h) prayer.
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The (a)_____develop of a country is (b)_____depend on good (c)_____govern without good governance country can reach the (d)_____culminate of success. For good governance democracy must be (e)_____institution democracy must be (f)_____practical applied. It should not be in theory only .it must have (g)_____good for people. If not , development will not be (h)_____actualize
Answer: a) development b) dependent c) government d) culmination e) institutionalized f) practically g) goodness h) actualized
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Bangladesh is an independent country. The (a)_____ achieve of independent is a milestone in the history of Bangladesh. The country is known as a (b)_____democrat country. The country has problems and (c)_____ possible. A lot of people are uneducated. So, (d)_____literacy is a great problem of the country. Again, a lot of people are unemployed. We are facing the problems of (e)_____ employment. Political conflict is an obstacle to progress in the country. There is (f)_____understanding-among the political parties. Most of the political leaders work (g)_____morally Bangladesh has to go a long way for its development. We all should be aware of our (h)_____constitution right.
Answer:(a)achievement(b)democratic (c)possibility (d) illiteracy (e)unemployment (f)misunderstanding (g)immorally (h)constitutional
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Once upon a time there lived an old (a)_____ farm in a village. He had three sons. They were (b)_____ quarrel They always quarrelled with one another. Their father told them that (c)_____quarrel. Is a bad thing. (d)_____ final he decided to teach them a good lesson. His (e)_____ decide was a good one. The sons come to the (f)_____ realize that they should not quarrel like that. The farmers become very happy to see that there is no (g)_____understanding among his sons. Although they were (h)_____conscious about the importance of unity, they can now realize its importance.
Answer: (a) farmer (b) quarrelsome (c) quarreling (d) finally (e)decision (f) realization (g) misunderstanding h) unconscious.
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Money is (a)_____sweet than honey and it is called the fuel of life. Though money is a must in our (b)_____world Life. It cannot (c)_____sure. All happiness. (d)_____ happy Lies in contentment. People who are happy with what they have, are never (e)_____happy People who are (f)_____ mental unhappy with what they have, are sure unhappy(g)_____morality cannot bring peace’s(h)_____moral is always rewarded.
Ans (a) sweeter (b) worldly (c) ensure (d) happiness (e) unhappy (f) mentally (g) immorality (h) morality.
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The rapid (a)_____grow of population must be controlled (b)_____wise, all the attempts for the solution of food problem will fail. So, we have to increase our food production very (c)_____rapid we may solve our food problem (d)_____ large by charging our (e)_____ tradition Food habit. We can create a (f)_____very in our menu. For example, we can take potato instead of rice. However, we cannot solve the problem (g)_____less. We increase our food (h)_____product
Answer: (a) growth (b) otherwise (c) rapidly (d) largely (e) traditional (f) variety (g) unless (h) production.
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Truth is not (a)_____normal It is (b)_____nature .It (c)_____sure The spiritual peace of human mind. It (d)_____power our soul and enhances our willing power. Illegal and (e)_____lawful things are against the truth. We must speak boldly and (f)_____clear (g)_____ kind is a condition of (h)_____ truthful.
Ans (a) abnormal (b) natural (c) ensures (d) empowers (e) unlawful (f) clearly (g) kindness (h) truthfulness
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The (a)_____look of village people is changing. They have learnt about the importance of health and sanitation. So in rural areas (b)_____ sanitary latrines have been (c)_____ placed by sanitary latrines. But still water is (d)_____ constant pollute in various ways. We must prevent its pollution to be (e)_____ health. Water (f)_____ pollute is number one problem in both our rural and urban areas. (g)_____ Defecate here and there is a common sight in the villages. Of course, this (h)_____ healthful practice is gradually declining in the country.
Answer:(a) outlook (b) unsanitary (c) replaced (d) constantly (e) healthy (f) pollution (g) defecation (h) unhealthful
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In our society almost in every sphere of life some kinds of (a)_____ crimination exist between boys and girls. In the field of (b)_____ educate this disparity is very (c)_____ fortunate. People in general do not send their female (d)_____ child to school and confine them to the household boundaries. Girls are (e)_____general not cared well. They become the subject of (f)_____deprive. Although mass media often talk about this (g)_____human issue, they ultimately remain where they are. It is time; we raise awareness amongst ourselves and take some serious (h)_____ act.
Ans:(a)discrimination(b)education(c)unfortunate (d)children (e)generally (f)deprivation (g)inhuman (h)actions
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Iron is the most (a)_____ value of all metals. From a pin or a needle to the (b)_____ big instrument, man needs iron. Modern (c)_____ civil largely depends on the (d)_____ use of iron. The (e)_____construct of high rise buildings is not possible (f)_____ out iron. Modern industries would have been (g)_____ possible if there were no iron. It’s necessary in our life is completely (h)_____deniable.
Answer:(a)valuable(b)biggest(c)civilization(d)usage(e)construction(f)without(g)impossible (h)undeniable
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Teaching is a noble (a)_____ profess. In the classroom a good (b)_____ teach acts like an (c)_____ act. He teaches (d)_____ moral among the students. Moreover, he makes the students (e)_____ dated. He also advise them to reject (f)_____ honest means in the exam hall. A teacher is thought to be the (g)_____ build of a nation. So, he must be (h)_____ selfishly devoted to his work.
Ans:(a)profession(b)teacher(c)actor(d)morality(e)updated(f)dishonest(g)builder(h)unselfishly
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Robinson Crusoe was a famous (a)_____ adventure. He wanted to be a (b)_____ sail from his (c)_____ boy. But his father did not like the idea at all. Rather he (d)_____ courage him to be a (e)_____ law. In course of time a (f)_____ ship company offered Crusoe a job of a cabin boy. Crusoe (g)_____ glad accepted the offer without having any second thought. How (h)_____ courage he was 18
Answer:(a)adventure (b)sailor (c)boyhood (d)encouraged (e)lawyer (f)shipping (g)gladly (h)courageous
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Happiness is (a)_____ known as a relative term. It means the (b)_____content of mind. It is also said that the health is the root of all (c)_____ happy. A sick (d)_____ money man is not as a poor (e)_____health man. So we should take physical exercise (f)_____ regular. Physical exercise keeps or gives us (g)_____ fit. Moreover, it makes us (h)_____ discipline.
Answer:(a) well-known (b)contentment (c)happiness (d)moneyed (e)healthy (f)regularly (g)fitness (h)disciplined
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Most of the people of our country are (a)_____ literate. They lead an (b)_____ planned life. They do not have much (c)_____ know about health, sanitation and (d)_____ populate control. So the government should take constructive steps (e)_____ immediate, to remove (f)_____ literacy. Otherwise, our country will be (g)_____ able to stand up right in front of other (h)_____ develop countries.
Ans:(a)illiterate(b)unplanned(c)knowledge(d)population(e)immediately(f)illiteracy(g)unable(h)developing
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Most of our (a)_____ examine cannot write out their examination papers (b)_____ fair well. As they cannot (c)_____ stand the questions (d)_____ proper, they often beat about the bush and (e)_____ length the answers (f)_____ necessarily. But their answers should have (g)_____ accurate and (h)_____ precise.
Answer:(a)examinees(b)fairly(c)understand(d)properly(e)lengthen(f)unnecessarily(g)accuracy (h)precision
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Computer has brought about a (a)_____ revolution change in our life. But it was not invented (b)_____ night. Many (c)_____ science are still working tirelessly to (d)_____ grade it. Now it is also being used in the (e)_____ education institutions. (f)_____Today, the multinational companies and (f)_____ organize seek for candidates who have computer knowledge. Where ever we go or we do, we just cannot (g)_____ regard the importance of (h)_____ compute in 21st century.
Answer: (a) revolutionary (b) overnight(c) scientists (d) upgrade (e) educational (f) organizations (g) disregard (h)computer
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There goes a proverb that health is wealth. A man with ill health has to drag a (a)_____pain life. In order to lead a (b)_____health life and remain (c)_____physical fit, he has to avoid (d)_____healthy food. It is (e)_____danger to eat (f)_____poison food. None should drink (g)_____pure water. Because impure water is very (h)_____harm to health.
Answer: (a) painful (b) healthy (c) physically (d) unhealthy (e) dangerous (f) poisonous (g) impure (h) harmful
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Bangladesh is a small country but has a huge (a)_____populate. Most people here live below the poverty line and cannot therefore afford to educate their (b)_____child . Many poor children either drop out of school just after a few years or (c)_____ simple do not go to school at all. Despite this situation, we have far too many students to educate (d)_____compare to the number of institutions (e)_____avail. Bangladesh needs more schools, colleges and universities to provide for the increasing number of students. But owing to (f)_____finance and resource constraints the (g)_____ govern cannot fine the requisite number of (h)_____education institution.
Ans: (a) population (b) children (c) simply (d) compared (e) available (f) financial (g) government (h) educational
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Water is an important element of our environment. But it is polluted in (a)_____ vary ways. Man pollutes water by throwing waste into it. (b)_____ farm use chemical (c)_____ fertilize and insecticides in their fields .When rain and floods wash away some of these chemicals, they get (d)_____mix with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Mills and factories also throw their (e)_____ poison chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals and they polluted the water. (f)_____sanitary latrines and (g)_____safe drains standing on river and canals banks are also responsible for further (h)_____ pollute.
Answer: (a) various (b) farmers (c) fertilizers (d) mixed (e) poisonous (f) unsanitary (g) unsafe (h) pollution
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There are four skills to learn a language (a)_____ scientific. Writing is the (b)_____four skill. It is (c)_____ essential important for those who take formal (d)_____educate. Those who do not go to schools and colleges for (e)_____ institution education do not read and write, but they can learn the mother tongue. This is possible only because of listening and speaking. But in the case of a foreign language, the process is (f)_____differ. The (g)_____learn should learn it (h)_____methodical.
Answer: (a) scientifically (b) fourth (c) essentially (d) education (e) institutional (f) different (g) learners (h) methodically
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Education is one of the (a)_____ base needs of a human being. It is essential for any kind of (b)_____ develop. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be (c)_____large attributed to most people’s (d)_____ access to education. Many (e)_____ literate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they are educated they could live a (f)_____ health and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It (g)_____able us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out social (h)_____responsible.
Answer: (a) basic (b) development (c) largely (d) inaccessibility (e) illiterate (f) healthy (g) enables (h) responsibilities
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Our national flag is the symbol of our freedom and (a)_____sovereign. It is also (b)_____symbol of our integrity and solidarity. Only (c)_____territory independence without sovereignty is not the real independence. Our national flag (d)_____minds us of our glorious existence. It is also the emblem of our spirit, hopes and aspiration. We must (e)_____hold its dignity. It is a great pity that some (f)_____treachery people live in this country but do not pay (g)_____loyal to the sovereignty of the country. They are really factors who worked against the war of (h)_____liberate.
Ans: (a) sovereignty (b) symbolical (c) territorial (d) reminds (e) upholds (f) treacherous (g) loyalty (h) liberation
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We cannot (a)_____own anything good. (b)_____Good can be (c)_____attain by (d)_____do anything good. It is our (e)_____responsible to be good(f)_____mental .Our good (g)_____decide can lead us to the Zenith of success. We can become (h)_____ success by doing all good deeds.
Answer: (a) own (b) goodness (c) attained (d) doing (e) responsibility (f) mentally (g) decision (h) successful
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Patience is a great virtue. A patient man faces (a)_____ difficult (b)_____ patient. He does not grow (c)_____ patient Nothing is (d)_____possible for him. He does everything (e)_____ slow. (f)_____Actual he leads a (g)_____comfort life. He is (h)_____care in all means
Ans:(a) difficulty (b) patiently (c) impatient (d) impossible (e) slowly (f) actually (g) comfortable (h) careful
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Tree (a)_____plan is a must for (b)_____ecology balance. If trees are cut down and not planted (c)_____proportionate the country will face more and more problems. There should be laws so that the (d)_____considerate people cannot cut down trees. (e)_____indiscriminate. Very often the (f)_____editor desk of new paper write on the (g)_____important of tree plantation and (h)_____deforest cause by many dishonest people.
Answer: (a) plantation (b) ecology (c) proportionately (d) inconsiderate (e) indiscriminately (f) editorial (g) importance (h) deforestation
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(a)_____ Kind is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b)_____ kind to the people in distress and even to(c)_____ low animals. Some naughty boys (d)_____ joy beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. This is an (e)_____ rational behaviour. Animals can understand your act of kindness. If you are (f)_____ friend with them, they can (g)_____ real your kind behaviour. As a result, friendship grows instead of (h)_____ enemy.
Answer: (a) kindness (b) unkind (c) lower (d) enjoy (e) irrational (f) friendly (g) realize (h) enmity
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(a)_____Learn is a continuous process. We must be (b)_____preserve to acquire knowledge. But mere (c)_____book knowledge is not enough. Knowledge (d)_____lights our mind. It removes the (e)_____ ignore of darkness. It (f)_____broads our outlook. It also helps us to lead a (g)_____prosper life free from (h)_____ oppress.
Ans:(a) learning (b) persevering (c) bookish (d) enlightens (e) ignorance (f) broadens (g) prosperous (h) oppression
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One cannot become great in life (a)_____ automatic. For this one needs to labour (b)_____ continue. If one labours (c)_____ regular, one’s goal can never remain (d)_____ steady and (e)_____ patience, he is sure to face (f)_____hard in life.
Ans: (a) automatically (b) continuously (c) regularly (d) steadily (e) happily (f) hardly
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The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an (a)_____economy and welfare (b)_____institute but also by its (c)_____increase importance as an (d)_____arrange for socializing and raising children and for the (e)_____physiology support of adults. There has been a wide (f)_____integration of large kin groups and an (g)_____intensify of (h)_____relation with the nuclear family.
Ans:(a) economic (b) institution (c) increasing (d) arrangement (e) physiological (f) disintegration (g) intensification (h) relationship
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Money is the means of leading (a)_____ world life. (b)_____Short of money makes our life (c)_____deplore. We cannot lead our life (d)_____prosper in want of money. But there is (e)_____difficult in earning money. Our peace and prosperity are (f)_____depend on proper utilization of money, spending money in an (g)_____prosper way can lead us to the path of destruction. So we should be (h)_____care in spending money.
Ans: (a) worldly (b) shortage (c) deplorable (d) properly (e) difficulty (f) dependent (g) improper (h) careful
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All men are (a)_____equal important. A man who has no ear for music need not try to be (b)_____music. One needs (c)_____able with figures to be an accountant. Again one needs (d)_____imagine to be a (e)_____design. An engineer needs (f)_____ technique skill. And we know that (g)_____ creature and (h)_____original are more important than technical skill.
Answer:(a) equally (b) musician (c) ability (d) imagination (e) designer (f) technical (g) creativity (h) originality
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Our education remains (a)_____complete if we do not learn good manners. In our behaviour with others we must be (b)_____respect with others. We should never (c)_____ behave with anybody because our(d)_____conduct may hurt others. We should not create any (e)_____ necessary quarrel with others. The (f)_____ important of good manners is(g)_____ measurable. (h)_____Real a man of good manners is a gentle man.
Ans:(a) incomplete (b) respectful (c) misbehave (d) misconduct (e) unnecessary (f) importance (g) immeasurable (h) really
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2020)
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Bangladesh is an (a)— (dependent) country, but she is still burdened with poverty, (b)— (population), (c)—(employ), corruption, food (d)— (deficient), natural calamities, power crisis, etc. Considering all these, the present (e)— (govern) has aimed at making a digital Bangladesh to (f)—(come) most of these problems. The actual aim of (g)— (digit) Bangladesh is to establish technology-based government which will emphasize the overall (h)— (develop) of the country and the nation. The country has (i)— (ready) fixed its target for the (j)— (achieve) of Digital Bangladesh by 2021.
Answer: a) independent; b) overpopulation; c) unemployment; d) deficiency; e) government; f) overcome; g) digital; h) development; i) already; j) achievement
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Education is essential for any kind of (a)—(develop). The poor socio-economic condition of our country can be (b) —(large) attributed to many people’s (c)— (accessibility) to education. Many (d)—(literate) people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and (e) —(populate) control. It (f) —(able) us to perform our duties (g)—(proper). Education helps us to adopt a (h)— (ration) attitude. It provides us with an (i)— (lightened) awareness about things and this awareness is a (j) —- (requisite) for social development.
Answer: a) development; b) largely; c) inaccessibility; d) illiterate ; e) population ; f) enables; g) properly; h) rational; i) enlightened; j) prerequisite
Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Cumilla Board-2020]
The books of famous (a) —(write) are put on sale in the book fair. Most of the (b) —(visit) buy different (c) —(publish). Almost no visitor returns from the fair without making any purchase. The (d)—(buy) like to buy at a fair price. Our book fair is always (e) —(crowd). As various books are (g) —(play) in a fair, the buyers get a scope to choose books. They buy (h) —(choose) books after a long search. This facility is (i) —(available) in any place other than a book fair. A book fair is always (j) —(come) to the students.
Answer: a) writers; b) visitors; c) publishers; d) buyers; e) crowded; f) various; g) displayed; h) choosing; i) unavailable; j) welcoming
Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Chattogram Board-2020]
Life without (a) —(sure) and pleasure is dull. Life becomes (b) —(charm) if it does not have any time to enjoy the (c) —(beauty) objects of nature. (d) —(monotony) work hinders the (e) — (smooth) of work. Leisure (f) —(new) our spirit to work. Everybody knows that (g) —(work) is (h) — (harm) Leisure does not mean (i) —(averse) to work. It gives freshness and (j) —(create) to our mind.
Answer: a) Leisure ; (b) charmless; (c) beautiful; (d) Monotonous; (e) smoothness; (f) renew; (g) over worker; (h) harmful; (i) aversion; (j) recreates/recreation
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[Sylhet Board-2020]
King Solomon was (a) — (fame) for his (b) — (wise). He was blessed with (c) —(ordinary) knowledge and it was really beyond people’s (d) —(imagine). One day, the Queen of Sheba wanted to test how wise he was. Solomon was given two kinds of flowers. One was (e) —(nature) and the other was (f) —(artifice). As he had a close (g) —(associate) with nature, he had been (h) —(success) to differentiate them. In this way, his (i) —(repute) of (j) — (multidimension) knowledge spread all over the world.
Answer: a) famous ; (b) wisdom; (c) extraordinary; (d) imagination; (e) natural; (f) artificial; (g) association; (h) successful; (i) reputation; (j) multidimensional
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Mobile phone is a great (a) —(invent) of modern science. The (b) —(consume) of mobile phone are increasing day by day. People are getting benefits. But it is (c) —(fortunate) that mobile phone sometimes (d) —(comes) a cause of health hazard, especially the (e) —(child) are affected much, According to the (f) —(science) mobile phone causes brain tumours, genetic damage and many other (g) —(cure) diseases. They believe that (h) —(visible) uncontrolled radioactivity of mobile phone causes (i) —(repairable) damage to human body. They say that the (j) —(govern) should control radioactive sources.
Answer: a) invention; (b) consumers; (c) unfortunate; (d) becomes; (e) children; (f) scientists; (g) incurable; (h) invisible; (i) irreparable; (j) government.
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(a)—(persevere) is needed to be (b) —(success) in life. Those who do not persevere in life become (c)—(success) in their mission and only blame their lot for their (d) —(fortune). (e)—(Persevere) people always become successful. (f) —(sincere) is another important virtue which (g) —(able) a person to accomplish a job (h)—(fruit). Student life is the (i) —(form) period of a man’s life. One should not (j)—(use) this period of life.
Answer: a) perseverance; b) successful; c) unsuccessful; d) misfortune; e) Persevering; f) sincerity; g) enables; h) fruitfully; i) formation; j) misuse.
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A (a)— (west) survey was conducted in this (b)— (quest), “Are social (c)— (work) making us social?” The participants are mainly the (d)— (net) users of the west. 81% opined (e)— (affirm). One commented that (f) (smart) detach you from your family and (g)— (company) in exchange of an addition to fun. Another comment was that many (h)— (virtue) relations are maintained at time and so they (i)— (hard) become deep and reliable. Another remarkable comment was that direct (j)— (action) has no alternative for a safe relation.
Answer: a) western; (b) question; (c) workers; (d) internet; (e) affirmatively; (f) smartphones; (g) companion; (h) virtual; (i) hardly; (j) interaction.
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2019)
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A good student is always (a) —(mind) of his studies. He is (b) —(respect) of his (c) —(teach) and superiors. He never (d) —(honour) anybody. He is free from (e) —(behavior) and never rude to his classmates. As he is (f) —(study), he never wastes his time in vain. He is also sincere and listens to his teachers (g) —(attentive) so that he can be (h) —(success) in life. His punctuality and (i) —(determine) help him to (j) —(take) and solve any difficult work or job.
Answer: a) mindful; b) respectful; c) teachers; d) dishonours; e) misbehaviour; f) studious; g) attentively; h) successful; i) determination; j) undertake
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Bangladesh is a (a) —(river) and (b) —(agriculture) country. So, we cannot ignore the (c) —(important) of rivers. Our agriculture is largely (d) —(depend) on the rivers. But we get (e) —(sufficient) water for use from the rivers. There are (f) —(differ) reasons behind it. At first the water of many rivers (g) —(dry) up in summer. Again, the water of some rivers is (h) —(extreme) poisonous. This poisonous water is (i) —(suit) for our agriculture. So, water pollution should be prevented at any cost for the (j) —(better) of our agriculture.
Answer: a) Riverine; b) agricultural; c) importance; d) dependent; e) insufficient; f) different; g) dries; h) extremely; i) unsuitable; j) betterment
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Cumilla Board-2019]
Success in life depends on the proper (a) —(utilize) of time. Those who waste their (b) — (value) time in (c) —(idle), reduce the time of their important work. (d) —(punctual) is another great virtue of human beings that (e) —(rich) the (f) —(man) life. If one takes lesson from the (g) —(biography) of successful persons, one will learn that they never kept any work (h) —(do) for the next day. (i) —(obvious), they were true to their words. So, they got a (j) —(respect) position in the society.
Answer: a) utilization; b) valuable; c) idleness; d) Punctuality; e) enriches; f) human; g) autobiography; h) undone; i) obviously; j) respectful
Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Dinajpur Board-2019]
In ancient time, textbook was the most (a) —(resource) thing for the students. Teachers were the only guides and source of information. The students had to collect all the (b) —(inform) from the lecture of their (c) —(teach). There was no guidebook or other (d) —(refer) books in the market. During that period a teacher had to deliver a lecture by (e) —(study) the textbook. Because of the (f) —(situate) the students used to depend on the teachers (g) —(complete). As a result, there was a great (h) — (relate) between a (i) —(teach) and a student. Their (j) —(popular) existed among the students in the society.
Answer: a) resourceful; b) information; c) teachers; d) reference; e) studying; f) situation; g) completely; h) relationship; i) teacher; j) popularity
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2018)
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[SSC Exam-2018]
People are (a)— (general) fond of glittering things. They are (b)— (love) of surface. They are concerned with the (c)— (out) show of things and beings. They (d)— (hard) bother about intrinsic value. Gold is a very (e)— (value) thing. But there are (f)— (vary) metals in nature that look like gold. They fade soon and become less (g)— (beauty). So, the surface of anything should not be the key for its (h)— (measure). We all should be (i)— (care) about this truth. Otherwise, we will have to be (j)—(repent) long run.
Answer: a) generally: b) lovers; c) outward / outer; d) hardly; e) valuable; f) various; g) beautiful; h) measurement; i) careful; j) repentant.
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2017)
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Dhaka Board-2017]
Flowers are the symbol of love (a)— (pure). They are (b)— (know) for their beauty and fragrance. Some flowers are (c)— (note) for their fragrance and some are for their beauty. But the rose is favourite to us for its colour and beauty. It mother place is the city of Paris. The (d)— (Japan) are exceptionally famous for its (e)— (cultivate). At present most of the countries grow rose in plenty. It (f) (general) grows from June to November. It scent makes us (g)— (cheer). It makes people lively, lovely, (h)— (affection) and so on. By (i)— (grow) roses in plenty, we can export them and solve our (j)— (employ) problem.
Answer: a) purity; b) known; c) notable; d) Japanese; e) cultivation; f) generally; g) cheerful; h) affectionate; i) growing; j) unemployment
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Cumilla Board-2017]
Trees are a)—(use) to man in many ways. They are companion in our day to day life. It is (b) — (possible) to build our homes, furniture etc. without trees. Trees save us from flood and c)— (nature) calamities. It (d)— (strength) the soil. If we cut trees (e)—-(discriminately), there will be ecological f) — (balanced). So tree (g)—(plant) programme should be extended for a better, (h)—(happy), (i)—- (healthy) life and j)—(peace) environment.
Answer: a) useful b) impossible c) natural d) strengthens e) indiscriminately f) imbalanced g) plantation h) happier i) healthier j) peaceful.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the brackets.[Dinajpur Board-2017;Jashore Board-2019;Barishal Board-2019]
Life without leisure a)—-(relax) is dull. Life becomes ( b)—- (charm) if does not have any time to enjoy the (c)— (beauty) objects of nature. d)—(monotony) work hinders the (e)— (smooth) of work. Leisure (f)—(new) our spirit to work. Everybody knows that g)— (work) is (h)—(harm). Leisure does not mean (i)—(idle). It gives freshness to (j)— (create) our energy/It gives (j) —(fresh) to our mind.
Answer: (a) relaxation; (b) charmless; (c) beautiful; (d) Monotonous; (e) smoothness; (f) renews; (g) worklessness/over work; (h) harmful; (i) idleness; (j) recreates/ refreshment
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis:[Sylhet Board-2017]
Food (a)— (adulteration) is a crime. Adulterated food is (b)— (poison) and causes (c)— (curable) diseases. Some (d)— (greed) businessmen are responsible for this (e)— (wicked). The steps so far taken by the government against those (f)— (honest) businessmen (g)— (real) deserve praise. (h)— (present), the fraudulent businessmen are much alarmed. (i)— (Hopeful), we will be able to shun this (j)— (practice) very soon.
Answer: a) adulteration; B) poisonous; c) incurable; d) greedy; e) wickedness; f) dishonest; g) really; h) Presently; I) Hopefully; j) malpractice
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Jashore Board-2017]
You should bear in mind that (a)— (confidence) assists a man to teach the gold of life. The lack of (b)— (determine) leads one to lose the confidence. You need it in order to (c)— (come) the problem of life. Fix a target and then try (d)— (sincere) to gain success. Don’t lose heart if you fail. Remember that (e)— (fail) is the pillar of success. Whereas, success without (f)— (complete) is not enjoyable. Determination keeps you (g)— (mental) strong and make (h)— (prepare) for struggling to reach the goal. Nobody can be (i)— (success) in his mission. Failure makes him more (j)— (determine) to work hard.
Answer: a) self-confidence; b) determination; c) overcome; d) sincerely; e) failure: f) completion; g) mentally; h) preparation; i) succeeded/ successful; j) determined
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Barishal Board-2017]
Zahir Raihan was of the most (a)— (talent) film makers in Bangladesh. He was an (b)— (act) worker of the Language Movement. He was also present at the (c)— (history) meeting at Amtala on February 21, 1952. All through his life, Zahir dreamt for a (d)— (democrat) society, a society that will (e)— (sure) freedom of speech and will. He made a (f)— (legend) film Jibon Theke Neya based on the Language (g)— (Move) of 1952. He could see the (h)— (incept) of a free and (i)— (dependent) Bangladesh. And it’s a pity that this (j)— (dream) was missing at such a time when his dream came true.
Answer: a) talented; b) active; c) historical; d) democratic; e) ensure; f) legendary; g) Movement; h) inception; i) independent; j) dreamer
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Chittagong Board-2017]
(a)— (kind) is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b)— (kind) to the people in distress and even to (c)— (low) animals. Some naughty boys (d)—(joy) beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. This is an (e)— (rational) behaviour. Animals are dumb (f)— (create). They are (g)—(harm) beings. Some animals are very (h)—(faith) and they feel no (i )—(hesitate) to risk their lives for our (j)—(protect).
Answer: a) Kindness; b) unkind; c) lower; d) enjoy; e) irrational; f) creations/ creatures; g) harmless h) faithful; i) hesitation; j) protection.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Rajshahi Board-2017]
Early rising is the habit of (a)—(get) up from bed early in the morning. An early (b)— (rise) can enjoy the (c)— (fresh) of the morning air. He can hear the (d)— (melody) songs of the birds. Again, he can start his day’s work (e)— (early) than others. An early riser does not suffer from (f)— (physic) problems very often. So, he need not go to any (g)— (physic) (h)— (frequent). Thus, an early riser enjoys (i)— (very) benefits and leads an (j)— ( peace) life.
Answer: a) getting; b) riser; c) freshness; d) melodious; e) earlier; f) physical; g) physician; h) frequently; i) various; j) peaceful.
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2016)
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Dhaka Board-2016]
Load shedding is one of the most common problems of Bangladesh. Lives of our citizens are (a)— (serious) hampered for load shedding. Students feel (b)— (difficult) in reading during load shedding. (c)— (industry) activities are also hampered. We should use electricity (d)— (honest) and (e)— (frugal) and should create (f)— (aware) among people to solve this (g)— (nation) problem. Besides, government should takes (h)— (effect) step to (i)— (grade) our power station to mitigate the (j)— (advantage) of our people.
Answer: a) seriously; b) difficulties; c) industrial d) honestly; e) frugally; f) awareness; g) national h) effective; i) degrade; j) disadvantages.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Rajshahi Board-2016;Sylhet Board 2019]
Those who live a a)— (luxury) life are always b)—(different) to the miseries of the poor. They enjoy life in c)—(amuse) and d)—(merry). They are e)— (centered) people, they have little f)—(realize) of the g)— (bounded) sufferings of the poor. They remain h)—(different) to their sufferings. They feel i)— (comfort) to work for their j)— (better).
Answer: a) luxurious b) indifferent c) amusement d) merriment e) self-centered f) realization g) unbounded h) indifferent i) discomfort j) betterment.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis:[Cumilla Board-2016]
The other name of water is life. Clean water is (a)— (drink). Dirty water is (b)— (safe). Clean water is (C)— (contaminate) and (d)— (suit) for drinking. Bangladesh is a (e)— (river) country. But we get (f)— (adequate) water for use. The water of our rivers is (g)— (filth) and (h)— (poison). We should keep water clean for health, happiness and (i)— (long). The Government should play an (j)— (act) role to keep water safe.
Answer: a) drinkable; b) unsafe; c) uncontaminated; d) suitable; e) riverine; f) inadequate; g) filthy; h) poisonous; i) longevity; j) active
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis:[Jashore Board-2016]
Smoking is (a)—(danger) health. It is also (b)—(harm) to health. It is to also (c)—(cost). A (d)— (smoke) should not smoke (e)— (public). Smoking creates (f)—(pollute). Smoking creates many (g)— (curable) diseases. It causes (h)— (comfort) to others. It causes irritation in the eye and (i)— (settle) the mind. But there are many people who are (j)— (aware) of the bad effect of smoking.
Answer: a) dangerous b) harmful c) costly: d) smoker; e) publicly; f) pollution; g) incurable; h) discomfort; i) unsettles; j) unaware.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Sylhet Board-2016]
Many is (a)— (nature) curious to know the unknown. Newspaper is the best medium to satisfy this (b)— (curious). It tells us what is (c)— (happen) around the world. It is the (d)— (supply) of all sorts of news and views. A newspaper is a (e)— (power) instrument of publicity. Government (f)— (notify) are given publicly through it. It is good (g)— (company) in our solitary hours. It helps the (h)— (grow) of public opinion. But it is not an (i)— (mix) blessing. However, newspaper has made the world (j)— (small) and help one nation to understand the other.
Answer: a) naturally; b) curiosity; c) happening; d) supplier; e) powerful; f) notification; g) companion ; h) growth; i) unmixed; j) smaller.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Barishal Board-2016]
Smoking produces (a)— (danger) effects on man. By smoking a man incurs both physical and (b)— (economy) loss. Smoking is a kind of (c)— (addict). Those who become (d)— (addict) to drug first begin smoking which is is the initial step of addiction. We should raise (e)— (aware) among our people. We should (f)— (courage) others to smoke. It is (g)— (possible) to stop smoking without (h)— (unite) efforts. (i)— (fortunate) only the (j)— (wise) men can such foolish work.
Answer: a) dangerous; b) economic; c) addiction; d) addicted; e) awareness; f) discourage; g) impossible; h) united; i) unfortunately; j) unwise.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Chittagong Board-2016]
The aim of (a)— (educated) is to make a man fully equipped to be (b)— (use) to himself and to society. A (c)— (true) educated person should be self reliant with regard to his (d)— (person) needs. He should be well mannered, (e)— (thought), sympathetic and co-operative. He should be (f)— (truth), honest, punctual and (g)— (duty). Punctuality is a virtue that makes a nation (h)— (prosper). An educated person tries to (i)— (move) the sufferings of his countrymen. He also helps others in attaining (j)— (self reliant)
Answer: a) education; b) useful; c) truly; d) personal; e) thoughtful; f) truthful; g) dutiful; h) prosperous; i) remove; j) self reliance.
SSC Suffix and Prefix (Board Questions 2015)
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Dhaka Board-2015]
The books of famous (a)—(write) are put on sale in the book fair. Most of the (b) —(visit) buy books of different (c — (publish). Almost no visitor returns from the fair without making any purchase. The (d)— (buy) like to buy at a fair price. Our book fair is always (e) —(crowd). As (f)—(vary) books are (g)—(play) in a fair, the buyers get a scope to choose books. They buy their (h)—choose) books after a long search. This faculty is (i) —(available) in any place other than a book fair. A book fair is always (j)— (come) to the students.
Answer: (a) writers (b) visitors (c) publishers (d) buyers (e) crowded (f) various (g) displayed (h) choice-able (i) unavailable (j) welcome
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Rajshahi Board-2015]
Money cannot buy (a)—(happy). Money is a must for our life. But it is not necessary to bring happiness. Happiness is (b)—(absolute) a (c)—(psychology) thing. It is the name of a (d)—(feel). It means the (e)—(content) of the mind. He who has (f)—(satisfy) with what he has is (g) — (real) a happy one. Above all, we should keep in mind that (h)—(world) happiness is not all. If we want to be (i)—(eternal) happy and lead a (j) —(dignify) life, we have to earn money in an honest way.
Answer: (a) happiness; (b) absolutely; (c) psychological; (d) feeling; (e) contentment; (f) satisfaction; (g) really; (h) worldly; (i) eternally; (j) dignified.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Cumilla Board-2015]
Student life is the (a)— (form) season of life. This is a (b) —period of life. This is the time for (c) (lead) (gold)— (prepare) of future life. Students are the future (d)— of the country. They should have (e) (patriot) They should achieve quality (f) — (educate). and build themselves as (g) —(know) (interact) (compete) and learn the art of (i)—- before others, citizens. They should gain h) (behave)- -and (j)—
Answer: a) golden; b) formative; c) preparation; d) preparing; d) leaders; e) patriotism; f) education; g) competent; h) knowledge; i) behaviour; j) interaction.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Jashore Board-2015]
A a)—(free) fighter is a b)— (war) who took part in our war if liberation in 1971. The(dependence) of our motherland was (d)— (dear) to a freedom fighter than his life. He joined the war (e)—(willing). He had no (f)—(might) weapons with him. But he had strong moral courage. He was (g)—(main) a guerrilla (h)— (fighter). He attracted the enemy from an (i)— (known) place and then (j)— (appeared)
Answer: (a) freedom; (b) warrior (c) independence (d) dearer (e) willingly (f) mighty (g) mainly (h) fighter (i) unknown (j) disappeared
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Barishal Board-2015]
Honesty is opposite to (a)—(honest). An honest man is not (b) —(harm) to anybody. He never does (c) —(just) to others. When he does anything (d)—(moral), he feels (e)—(comfortable). He never tells a lie. He is always (f)—(response) to his duty. We should follow the path of (g)—(honest) and leave the path of (h)—(honesty). In that case, you will be (i)—(love) by all and will be able to reach the path of (j) —(prosper).
Answer: (a) dishonesty; (b) harmful; (c) injustice; (d) immoral; (e) uncomfortable; (f) responsible; (g) honesty; (h) dishonesty; (i) loved; (j) prosperity.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.[Sylhet Board-2015]
King Solomon was (a)—(fame) for his (b) —(wise). He was blessed with (c)—(ordinary) knowledge and it was really beyond people’s (d)—(imagine). One day Queen of Sheba wanted to test how wise he was. Solomon was given two kinds of flowers. One was (e) —(nature) and the other was (f)—(artifice). As he had a close (g)—(associate) with nature, he had been (h)— (success) to differentiate them. In this way, his (i)—(repute) of (j)—(multi-dimension) knowledge spreads all over the world.
Answer: (a) famous; (b) wisdom; (c) extra-ordinary; (d) imagination; (e) nature; (f) artificial; (g) association; (h) successful; (i) reputation; (j) multidimensional.
- 7. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. [Dinajpur Board-2015]
Money cannot buy (a)—(happy) Money is (b)—(obvious) necessary for our life. But it is not the thing that (c)—(necessary) brings happiness. Happiness is (d)— (absolute) psychological thing. Basically, it is the name of a (e)— (feel) lies in the (f)—(content) absolute a it of mind. A poor man with mental (g)— (satisfy) may become really happy in life. On the other hand a man with a lot of (h)—–(rich) may not be happy. Their wealth becomes the cause of (i)—(happy) from (j)—(secure). So, they lead a life full of cares and anxieties.
Answer: (a) happiness (b) obviously (c) necessarily (d) absolutely (e) feeling (f) contentment (g) satisfaction (h) riches (i) unhappiness (j) insecurity
SSC: Suffix-Prefix: More Exercise
- You should bear in mind that (a) confidence assists a man to reach the goal of life. The lack of (b) determine leads one to lose the confidence. You need it in order to (c) come the problems of life. He tries (d) sincere to gain success. Remember that (e) fail is the puller of success. Success without (f) complete is not enjoyable. Determination keeps you (g) mental strong and make (h) prepare for struggling to reach the goal. Nobody can be (i) success in this mission. Failure make him more (j) determine to work hard.
(a) self-confidence (b) determination (c) overcome (d) sincerely (e) failure (f) completion (g) mentally (h) prepared (i)unsuccessful (j) determined
- Tress are (a) use to man in many ways. It is (b) possible to build our homes without trees. Trees save us from flood and (c) nature calamities. It (d) strength this soil. If we cut trees (e) discriminately there will be ecological (f) balanced. So tree (g) plant programme should be extended for a better (h) happy (i) healthy life and (j) peace environment.
(a) useful (b) impossible (c) natural (d) strengthens (e) indiscriminately (f) imbalanced (g) plantation (h) happier (i) healthier (j) peaceful.
- (a) Kind is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b) kind to the people in distress and even to (c) low animals. Some naughty boys (d) joy beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. this is an (e) rational behavior. Animals are dumb (f) create. They are (g) harm beings. Some animals are very (h) faith and they feel no (i) hesitate to risk their lives for our (j) protect.
(a) kindness (b) unkind (c) lower (d) enjoy (e) irrational (f) creatures (g) harmless (h) faithful (i) hesitation (j) protection.
- Food (a) adulterate is a crime. Adulterated food is (b) poison and causes (c) curable diseases. Some (d) greed businessmen are responsible for this (e) wicked. the steps so far taken by the government against those (f) honest businessman (g) real deserve praise. (h) present, the fraudulent businessmen are much alarmed. (i) hopeful, we will be able to shun this (j) practice very soon.
(a)adulteration (b) poisonous (c) incurable (d) greedy (e) wickedness (f) dishonest (g) really (h) presently (i) hopefully (j) malpractice.
- Zahir Raihan was one of the most (a) talent filmmakers in Bangladesh. He was an (b) act worker of language movement. He was also present at the (c) history meeting at Amtala on February 21, 1952. All though his life, Zahir dreamt for a (d) democrat society, a society that will (e) sure freedom of speech and will. He made a (f) legend film Jibon Theke Neya based on the language (g) move of 1952. He could see the (h) incept of a free and (i) dependent Bangladesh. And it’s a pity that this (j) dream was missing at such a time when his dream came true.
(a) talented (b) active (c) historical (d) democratic (e) ensure (f) legendary (g) movement (h) inception (i) independent (j) dreamer.
- Honesty is opposite to (a) honest. An honest is not (b) harm to anybody. He never does (c) Just to others. When he does anything (d) moral, he feels (e) comfortable. He never tells a lie. He is always (f) response to his duty. We should follow the path of (g) honest and live the path of (h) honesty. In that case you will be (i) love by all and will be able to reach the path of (j) prosper.
(a) dishonesty (b) harmful (c) injustice (d) immoral (e) uncomfortable (f) responsible (g) honesty(h) dishonesty (i) loved(j) prosperity
- King Solomon was (a) fame for his (b) wise. He was blessed with (c) ordinary knowledge and it was really beyond peoples (d) imagine. One day queen wanted to test how wise he was. Solomon was given two kinds of flowers. One was (e) nature and other was (f) artifice. He had a close (g) associate with nature. He had been (h) success to differentiate them. In this way his (i) repute of (j) multidimension knowledge spread all over the world.
(a) famous (b) wisdom (c) extraordinary (d) imagination (e) natural (f) artificial (g) association (h) successful (i) reputation (j) multidimensional
- Bangladesh is an (a) dependent country but she is burdened with poverty (b) population (c) employ , corruption (d) deficient etc. The present (e) govern has aimed to making a digital Bangladesh to (f) come most of this problem. The actual aim of (g) digit Bangladesh is to establish technology best government which will emphasize the overall (h) develop of the country. The country has (i) ready fixed its target of (j) achieve digital Bangladesh by 2021.
(a) independent (b) over population (c) unemployment(d) deficiency (e) government (f) overcome (g) digital (h) development (i) already (j) achieving
- The student life is the (a) gold season of life. This is a (b) form period of life. This is the time for (c) prepare of future life. Students are the future (d) lead of the country. They should have (e) patriot. They should achieve quality (f) educate and build themselves as (g) compete citizen. They should gain (h) know and learn the art of (i) behave and (j) interact before others.
- A (a) free fighter is a (b) war who took part in our war of liberation in 1971. The (c) dependence of our motherland was (d) dear to a freedom fighter than his life. He joined the war (e) willing. He had no (f) might weapons with him.. He had strong moral courage. He was (g) main a guerrilla (h) fight . He attacked the enemy from an (i) known place and then (j) appeared.
(a) freedom (b) warrior (c) independence (d) dearer (e) willingly (f) mighty (g) mainly (h) fighter (i) unknown (j) disappeared
- Money cannot buy (a) happy. Money is (b) obvious necessary for our life. It is not the thing that (c) necessary brings happiness. Happiness is (d) absolute a psychological thing . It is the name of a (e) feel. It lies in the (f) content of mind. A poor man with mental (g) satisfy may become really happy in life. A man with a lot of (h) rich may not be happy. Their wealth becomes the cause of (i) happy because most of the time they suffer from (j) secure.
(a) happiness (b) obviously (c) necessarily (d) absolutely (e) feeling (f) contentment (g) satisfaction (h) riches (i) unhappiness (j) insecurity
- The books of famous (a) write are put on sale in the book fair. Most of [ the (b) visit buy books of different (c) publish . Almost no visitor returns from the fair. The (d) buy like to buy at a fair price. Our book fair is always (e) crowd. As (f) vary books are (g) play in a fair. They buy their (h) choose books after a long search. This facility is (i) available in any place. A book fair is always (j) come to the students.
(a) writers (b) visitors (c) publishers (d) buyers (e) crowded (f) various (g) displayed (h) chosen (i) unavailable (j) welcome
- Smoking produces (a) danger effects on man. By smoking a man incurs both physical and (b) economy loss. Smoking is a kind of (c) addict. Those who become (d) addict to drug first begin smoking which is the initial step of addiction. We should raise (e) aware among our people. We should (f) courage others to smoke. It is (g) possible to stop smoking without (h) unite efforts. (i) fortunate only the (j) wise man can do such foolish work.
(a) dangerous (b) economic (c) addiction (d) addicted (e) awareness (f) discourage (g) impossible (h) united (i) unfortunately (j) unwise.
- (a) Kind is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b) kind to the people in distress and even to (c) low animals. Some naughty boys (d) joy beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. this is an (e) rational behavior. Animals are dumb (f) create. They are (g) harm beings. Some animals are very (h) faith and they feel no (i) hesitate to risk their lives for our (j) protect.
(a) kindness (b) unkind (c) lower (d) enjoy (e) irrational (f) creatures (g) harmless (h) faithful (i) hesitation (j) protection.
- Food (a) adulterate is a crime. Adulterated food is (b) poison and causes (c) curable diseases. Some (d) greed businessmen are responsible for this (e) wicked. the steps so far taken by the government against those (f) honest businessman (g) real deserve praise. (h) present, the fraudulent businessmen are much alarmed. (i) hopeful, we will be able to shun this (j) practice very soon.
(a)adulteration (b) poisonous (c) incurable (d) greedy (e) wickedness (f) dishonest (g) really (h) presently (i) hopefully (j) malpractice.
- Macbeth is Shakespeare’s (a) — (short) tragedy which tells the story of a brave (b) — (Scot) general. His name is Macbeth who receives a (c) — (prophet) from a trio of witches. It reveals that he will become the king of Scotland. He is consumed by ambition and spurred to (d) — (act) by his (e) — (ambitious) wife, Lady Macbeth. Out of (f) — (desperate), he kills King Duncan and takes the (g) — (king) from him. He soon becomes an (h) — (autocrat) ruler and resorts to committing more and more murder for his (i) — (protect) from doubt and (j) — (suspect).
- (a) — (clean) has great (b) — (important) in our life. It is said that it is next to godliness. It is necessary to lead a (c) — (health) life. It makes life easy and (d) — (comfort). An (e) — (clean) person does not want to go out. He does not enjoy (f) — (fresh) of mind. (g) — (cleanliness) causes (h) — (comfortable) to others. So, everybody (i) — (likes) him. So, we should be (j) — (care) of the rules of cleanliness.
- The true aim of education is the (a) — (harmony) development of body, soul and mind. But were (b) — (book) knowledge is (c) — (sufficient) in this regard. Without (d) — (curricular) activities, the full blooming of body, mind and soul is (e) — (possible). Co-curricular activities include debate, (f) — (public) of magazine and (g) — (culture) activities. They teach students (h) — (modest) diligence (i) — (tight) the bondage of (j) — (friend) among the students.
- (a) — (corrupt) is one of the greatest challenges of the world. It occurs in (b) — (vary) ways. (c) — (bribe) is one of them. Corruption is a major hindrance to the (d) — (sustain) development. It is (e) — (corrode) on the very fabric of society. We need a corruption free society in order to (f) — (sure) our all-round (g) — (develop). (h) — (extort) and (i) — (adulterate) of foodstuffs are other forms of corruption. All attempts to curb corruption have proved to be (j) — (effective).
- Our (a) — (child) memories are full of both (b) — (beauty) and sad incidents. For example, I can (c) — (easy) remember the (d) — (memory) incidents of my school life. Our teachers told us to read (e) — (attentive). We always tried to follow their (f) — (instruct). Now, at our mature age, we realize how (g) — (effect) their advice was. Therefore, we are (h) — (high) grateful to them. This was the role of our teachers in building our character and (i) — (moral) is not (j) — (deny).
- (a) — (Friend) is a strong (b) — (bond). It does not know (c) — (differ) between religions, between countries, between the rich and the poor, between the black and the white and so on. It is an (d) — (emotion) attachment based on mutual trust and understanding. In that sense, a friend is both (e) — (rely) and (f) — (believe) who is ready to help us in any (g) — (danger) situation. Therefore, the person who does not have a good friend is really (h) — (fortune). He is (i) — (total) deprived of enjoying the (j) — (please) of friendship.
- Patriotism means love for one’s own country and people. It is a powerful sentiment and is an (a) (selfish) — and noble virtue. A true patriot is a great asset for a nation. His (b) — (ideal) gives him courage and strength. It (c) — (courage) him to sacrifice his life for the sake of (d) — (free) and honour of his country. By (e) — (be) a patriot, one can bring (f) — (prosper) for one’s country and remove her sufferings. But false (g) — (patriot) expression is dangerous and (h) — (disaster) Patriotism is (i) — (price) but it must o supersede the feeling of (j) — (universe) love for humanity.
- Money is the means of leading (a) — (world) life. (b) — (short) of money makes our life (c) — (deplore). We cannot lead our life (d) — (proper) for want of money. But there is (e) — (difficult) in earning money. Our peace and prosperity are (f) — (depend) on proper (g) — (utilize) of money. Spending money in an (h) — (proper) way can lead us to the path of (i) — (destroy). So, we should be (j) — (care) in spending money.
- Sound health is the (a) — (come) of physical exercise in a (b) — (regulate) form. (c) — (Regulate) form of exercise or (d) — (exercise) is injurious to health. Remember that if you take physical exercise, you must not be (e) — (regular). Physical exercise increases our appetite and improves (f) — (digest) power. If anybody suffers from (g) — (digest), he should take physical exercise. Proper (h) — (digest) of food removes his loss of appetite. Physical exercise removes (i) — (constipate) and helps proper blood (i) — (circulate).
- Good (a) — (behave) forms an important part of our education. Our (b) — (learn) remains (c) — (complete) if we do not learn good behaviour. In our (d) — (deal) with others, we must show proper respect of others, We should have a sense of (e) — (polite) in our conduct with others. We should show respect to others which is necessary for a cultural and (f) — (discipline) – society. The (g) — (signify) of good conduct in life is (h) — (real) great. Other people are (i) — (delight) to help him. (j) — (actual) a man of good manners is a gentleman in the true sense of the term.
- Facebook is a social networking site. It has gained much (a) — (popular) among the young generation. Sometimes our young generation waste their (b) — (value) time by browsing Facebook. So, in this case parental (c) — (supervise) is a must. Many people (d) — (fine) Facebook as an embarrassing (e) — (invade) on others (f) — (person) privacy. However, it plays a (g) — (significance) role in (h) — (socialize) as well as natural understanding and (i) — (operation). It has also brought a great change in modern (j) — (civilize).
- (a) — (violate) of traffic rules is not an (b) — (common) sight in our country. The (c) — (violate) go (d) — (punish). So, nobody cares for the traffic rules. Very often, an (e) — (ethical) – competition is found among the drivers to overtake other vehicles. Most of our drivers are (f) — (literate). They are very much (g) — (care) about what is going to happen. The loss of life by accident caused due to fast (h) — (drive) is not a matter to them. It is due to (i) — (proper) (j) — (implement) of traffic rules.
- We must be (a) — (vision). To (b) — (material) our vision, we need determination and efforts. (c) — (thing) is achievable in this world without being (d) — (wear) (e) — (thing) is achievable for those who are blessed with (f) — (wise). But the persons in are (g) — (inclined) to do hard work are really (h) — (fortune). By spending time (i) — (idle), they only (j) — (fool) themselves.
- (a) — (persevere) is a great virtue to be (b) — (success) in life. Those who persevere in life, become (c) — (success) in their mission and only blame me (d) — (fortune). Remember that the successful people are always hard-working and (e) — (persevere). So try to be persevering. (f) — (sincere) is another important virtue (g) — (able) a person to accomplish a job (h) — (appropriate). Student life is the (i) — (form) period in a man’s life. One should not (j) — (use) this period of life.
- We are living in a (a) — (democrat) country. We have many (b) — (achieve) though we live in (c) — (poor). The country is gradually advancing towards (d) — (prosper). But political (e) — (stable) is a barrier to the path of development. The (f) — (confrontation) political environment of Bangladesh hits the economy hard. Direct (g) — (product) losses are estimated at around 1 percent of GDP due to disruptions in economic activities caused by political (h) — (disturb). For Bangladesh to comfortably reach middle income status, the country needs (i) — (last) political stability, investments to regain momentum and increasing female labour (j) — (participate).
- The (a) — (ward) beauty of man is not his substantial beauty. His (b) — (ward) beauty makes him a bonafide man. Everyone has certain (c) — (born) qualities whereby he can become a (d) — (use) man and thus a (e) — (celebrate) person. So, we may say that (f) — (in) values are more important than (g) — (out) ones. But it is very sad that we remain (h) — (care) about our mental development. We always remain busy with how to (i) — (rich) our outer show which is really (j) — (value).
- In order to (a) — (material) your dream, you need (b) — (determine) and efforts. Nothing is (c) — (achieve) in this world without hard work. Nothing is (d) — (achievable) for those who are blessed with (e) — (common) abilities. They are very fortunate. But those who are (f) — (inclined) to do hard work are really (g) — (fortunate) by spending time in (h) — (idle), they only (i) — (fool) themselves and ultimately become (j) — (remorse).
- Yoga is a kind of posture and breathing exercise. It helps you get (a) — (relax). It puts (b) — (emphasize) on diet and (c) — (meditate). If you practice yoga, you have regular (d) — (practice). Then, you will have the (e) — (potent) health benefit. Remember that the practice of yoga needs your (f) — (concentrate). Yoga is (g) — (use) for stress (h) — (manage). It improves (i) — (fit) and benefits people who are (j) — (weight).
- Bangladesh is (a) — (main) an (b) — (agriculture) country. Most of her people villages and most of them are (c) — (farm). (d) — (Fortunate) the conditions of our farmers is (e) — (satisfactory). They can (f) — (hard) lead a happy life. The of miseries and (g) — (fortune). They cannot plough their land (h) — (proper) (i) — (money) and (j) — (technology) support.
- Road accident (a) — (frequent) occurs in Bangladesh. In recent years it has increased in an (b) — (alarm) rate. There are (c) — (differ) reasons behind road accident. The drivers are (d) — (basic) responsible for it. Most of them (e) — (hard) know the traffic rules. Even if they know, they often try to (f) — (obey) it and ride their vehicles (g) —- (wanton) and (h) — (careless). (i) — (fortunate) it gives birth to many (j) — (sorrow) events.
- The dead (a) — (war) was brought before the widow. She stood beside the dead body. She was (b) — (speech) because she was (c) — (whelmed) with grief. All standing around the dead body, (d) — (called) the good qualities of her husband. But she was still standing (e) — (moved). She burst into tears when her child was given into her lap. She wept (f) — (bitter) thinking of the (g) — (fortune) of her child as it had become (h) — (father). She also felt proud of her husband’s (i) — (hero). Her husband embraced (j) — (martyr).
- Humayun Ahmed was a (a) — (fame) novelist of our country. His novels gained a huge (b) — (popular). The main (c) — (attract) of his novels was the treatment of (d) — (psycho) and sense of humour. (e) — (special) his Himu and Misir Ali are two (f) — (ordinary) characters in Bangla literature. Besides a novelist Humayun Ahmed was also a (g) — (drama) and a film (h) — (direct). Thus Humayun Ahmed has achieved an (i) — (paralleled) position in our literary (j) — (culture) world.
- Road accidents have (a) — (recent) become a regular phenomenon in our country. As a result of the accidents, many persons fall a victim to (b) — (timely) death. It is reported that most of the accidents occur because of the (c) — (violate) of traffic rules by (d) — (skilled) drivers and (e) —(conscious) passers-by. Many (f) — (licensed) and (g) — (fault) vehicles run on the streets. These vehicles (h) — (danger) the (i) — (safe) of passengers and the passers-by. But many of us are (j) — (aware) of this danger.
- (a) — (Forestation) means cutting down of trees (b) — (discriminately). Bangladesh is a (c) — (dense) populated country. This huge population needs more shelter, (d) — (agriculture) land, fuel, furniture, etc. For all these reasons people cut trees. Moreover, there are (e) — (honest) people who cut trees for making money (f) — (legally). The (g) — (remove) of tree causes serious damage to the soil as trees give (h) — (protect) to soil as well. The temperature will rise and it will cause greenhouse effect. One day the country will be (i) — (suitable) for living. So, tree (j) — (plant) programme should be extended throughout the country.
- Newspaper plays a very important role in modern (a) — (civilize). It publishes news and views of home and (b) — (broad). Only (c) — (book) knowledge is not enough in this (d) — (compete) world. A newspaper helps him (e) — (rich) his general knowledge. But newspaper have (f) — (merits) too. They have (g) — (partial) and often (h) — (guide) their (i) — (read). This creates (j) — (rest) in the society.
- There are (a) — (vary) forms of physical exercise. But every form is not (b) — (suit) for all. Walking is good for all. In the morning, fresh air is (c) — (avail). So, it is (d) — (benefit) to health. It also gives (e) — (please) and (f) — (enjoy). It also (g) — (fresh) our mind. The (h) — (nature) beauty (i) — (witch) us. We become (j) — (health) and wealthy.
- Every student wants to be (a) — (succeed) in life. To achieve a (b) — (glory) future, every student should have a perfect aim in life. The true aim of education is the (c) — (harmony) development of body, soul and mind. But (d) — (book) – knowledge is (e) — (sufficient) in this regard. Without (f) — (curricular) activities, the full blooming of body, mind and soul is (g) — (possible). Co-curricular activities include debate, (h) — (public) magazine and (i) — (culture) activities. It has great (j) — important).
- When a sound exceeds the tolerance limit, it (a) — (come) noise and this type of noise causes sound pollution. Sound pollution is acute in the (b) — (industry) areas. It (c) — (threat) our normal lifestyle to a great extent. Thousands of motor vehicles, grinding sound of mills and factories (d) — (discriminate) use of loud speakers, public meetings all are responsible for it. This greatly (e) — (dangers) our daily (f) — (peace) life. (g) — (Excess) noise may lead to deafness. If the noise exceeds 105 decibels, one can lose his (h) — (hear) ability permanently. Sound pollution is even alarming for the normal (i) — (grow) of the children. Normal life is hampered for it and life becomes (j) — (bear).
- (a) — (urban) is a great problem in our small country. Due to it (b) — (cultivate) land is (c) — (crease) day by day. As a result, an acute (d) — (short) is seen in agricultural (e) — (produce). If we want to get rid of it, a (f) — (plan) system should be applied (g) — (wise). Our (h) — (agro) economy and urban (i) — (civil) will face a great problem. So, (j) — (initiate) should be taken.
- A (a) — (money) man is a respected man but a (b) — (money) man is disrespected. This means (c) — (money) matter is very important in our (d) — (world) life. However, while earning money, we must earn it with (e) — (sincere). Earning money (f) — (legal) can never bring (g) — (spirit) (h) — (happy). It rather can be an (i) — (end) source of (j) — (satisfy).
- In the past children use to play in the open field before or after school hours. But now our children keep (a) — (door) before the TV or computer. Children’s (b) — (fond) for use of computer has (c) — (recent) increased to a very great extent. Some prefer computer games to other programmes. This (d) — (prefer) is not a good habit. It makes them (e) — (attentive) to studies and very often (f) — (active). They think that they are not spending time in (g) — (idle). Though this not the (h) — (waste) of time, it is the spending of mental energy. They do not undergo any exertion (i) — (physical) and as a result, they become (j) — (mental) tired.
- Answer to the question in the examination should be to the point. You should not (a) — (large) your answers (b) — (necessary). When you write main ideas, you can (c) — (short) your sentences. Only (d) — (elaborate) of the answers is simply a (e) — (waste) of time. This practice (f) — (please) the (g) — (examine) and they got (h) — (irritate) and do not want to give high marks. So, students are advised to be (i) — (caution) to avoid (j) — (relevant) point in the answer.
- The (a) — (fluctuate) of market price is very (b) — (puzzle) to the consumers. This situation occurs due to the (c) — (irresponsible) and the (d) — (neglect) of the proper (e) — (author). We should take note that the (f) — (suffer) of this condition is (g) — (main) the poor class people. The (h) — (sense) quarter must come forward and make possible (i) — (commend) to come out of this (j) — (stable) situation.
- To (a) — (rich) your vocabulary, you have to read books and learn new words with their (b) — (mean) and patterns of (c) — (use). You have to (d) — (read) the same topic. (e) — (Repeat) reading will help you (f) — (stand) them clearly and use them in (g) — (vary) live situations. Remember, language learning is a (h) — (continue) process and your (i) — (proficient) will come today or tomorrow. What is needed most is (j) — (continue).
- A farmer is (a) — (general) a poor man. Most of the (b) — (farm) of our country don’t have their own (c) — (cultivate) land. A farmer has to work hard to prepare a land for (d) — (cultivate). He (e) — (usual) gets up before the sun rises. He leads a life of much (f) — (hard) under the burden of (g) — (poor) with his children (h) — (fed) and vulnerable to (i) — (nutrition). Yet, he laughs more often than a person (j) — (seem) prosperous.
- The unit by which the (a) — (loud) of sound is measured is called a decibel. According to the United Nations, the normal (b) — (tolerate) limit of sound is 45 decibels. When the (c) — (vibrate) of sound is at a tolerable, (d) — (please) level, it is simply called sound. But when it is sharp and harsh to the ears, it becomes noise. Serious harm can be caused to people if they are (e) — (regular) exposed to sounds (f) — (exceed) 70 decibels. This (g) — (noise) and excess sound is known as sound pollution. Tolerable sound is (h) — (harm). But sound pollution is very harmful specially for the (i) — (age) and the children and they suffer from (j) — (hear) problem for sound pollution.
- Newspaper carries information and (a) — (new). Sometimes it (b) — (come) a propagandist. Thus, it (c) — (bitter) relation among the different parties. Yellow (d) — (journal) is very harmful. The journalists should be (e) — (biased) while collecting news. All journalists must (f) — (main) honesty and (g) — (neutral) They should not try to (h) — (fool) the public by (i) — (publish) false news. Any (j) — (represent) or exaggeration of news is not good.
- (a) — (Confide) makes a man to reach the goal of life. The lack of (b) — (determine) leads one to lose the confidence. You need it in order to overcome the problems in life. First fix target in life. Then try (c) — (sincere) to gain success. Don’t lose heart, if you fail first. Remember that (d) — (fail) is the pillar of success, whereas success without (e) — (compete) is not enjoyable. Determination keeps you (f) — (mental) strong and an you (g) — (prepare) for struggle to reach the goal. Sometimes, somebody may be (h) — (success) in his mission. But failure makes him more (i) — (determine) to (j) — (new) vigour and energy.
- The freedom fighters are the heroic sons of our land. They fought to save our (a) — (gold) Bangla in 1971. We have got the independence of our (b) — (love) motherland (c) — (super) sacrifice. Some of the (d) — (free) fighters are yet (e) — (live). Most of the freedom fighters are now (f) — (actual) above 70 years old. (g) — (deed) we are very lucky to see them (h) — (direct). As they are our (i) — (hero) sons, we should respect them (i) — (profound).
- Physical exercise increases our appetite and improves (a) — (digest) If anybody suffers from (b) — (digest), he should take physical exercise. Proper (c) — (digest) of food removes his loss of appetite. Physical exercise removes (d) — (constipate) and helps proper blood (e) — (circulate). Our antibodies will be (f) — (power) if our blood circulation is (g) — (norm). (h) — (proper) blood circulation in our bodies may cause many (i) — (predictable) diseases. So, we must (j) — (sure) proper blood circulation in our body.
- Good health means (a) — (sound) of body and mind. Health is the root of all (b) — (happy). One should take exercise (c) — (regular) because it is (d) — (physic) exercise which (e) — (able) us to build a good health. He is also to observe the rules of (f) — (clean). An (g) — (healthy) man cannot enjoy life. He suffers from frustration, (h) — (hopeless), etc. On the other hand, a (i) — (health) man can enjoy his life (j) — (full).
- Life without hope is (a) — (meaning). It makes our life easy and (b) — (comfort). It is hoped that gives us strength, vigour and perseverance. It gives (c) — (stimuli).The present would be (d) — (tolerable) if we have no hope. Had there been no hope, life would be (e) — (miser) and would have fallen into (f) — (nothing). Sorrows and adversities cannot be (g) — (come) unless hope inspires us. Hope teaches us patience and (h) — (endure). It gives us (i) — (inspire) and courage. But there is no end of hope. When one hope is gone another takes its place quickly. It is not proper to hope for things that are (j) — (attain).
- Our (a) — (Nation) Memorial (b) — (symbol) the nation’s respect for the martyrs of (c) — (Liberate) War. It is an (d) — (achieve) which is (e) — (measurable). Our (f) — (free) fighters showed their unique (g) — (hero) in the war against the (h) — (arm) soldiers of Pakistan. The Pakistani soldiers killed our people in (i) — (associate) with the local (j) — (collaborate). However, they were defeated in the end.
- Slum (a) — (dwell) are (b) — (root) people. (c) — (actual) they are rootless, they have to take shelter in slums under different circumstances. They live there in an (d) — (human) condition. They are deprived of all kinds of human rights. About 80% of the slum dwellers suffer from hunger, (e) — (nutrition) and different kinds of diseases. As a many of them die a (f) — (mature) death and the others fight with death. They live in a society of (g) — (lawless) and violence. They are made to involve in different and activities. Besides, they are exploited by so-called political (h) — (lead) for organizing hartals, picketing, damaging vehicles and destroying public properties. The government in government welfare (i) — (organize) should come forward to (j) — (habilitate) them.
- (a) — (Fail) in English is a common matter in our country. There are many reasons of failure of the students in English and the reasons are not far to seek. (b) — (First) our education system is (c) — (defect). The English textbooks for the students of our country are not (d) — (suit) for them. Secondly, the students are not motivated to learn English. They think that it is (e) — (necessary) to spend time in learning English. Moreover, English is a foreign language. It seems difficult to them. So, they (f) —(like) learning English. They think it is mere (g) — (waste) of time. Thirdly, most of the so-called English (h) — (teach) are not good at English. They are (i) — (competent). Fourthly, the students only cram the answers. In the examination hall they forget what they have crammed. So, the answers they write are (j) — (correct).
- Sound health is the (a) — (come) of physical exercise in a (b) — (regulate) form. (c) — (regulate) form of exercise or (d) — (exercise) is injurious to health. Remember that if you take physical exercise, you must not be (e) — (regular). Physical exercise increases our appetite and improves (f) — (digest) power. If anybody suffers from (g) — (digest) he should take physical exercise. Proper (h) — (digest) of food removes his loss of appetite. Physical exercise removes (i) — (constipate) and helps proper blood (j) — (circulate).
Answer a) outcome b) regulated c) Unregulated d) over-exercise e) irregular f) digestive g) indigestion h) digestion i) constipation j) circulation.
- You should read throughout the year. In order to be sure of doing well in the examination you have to pay (a) — (attend) to studies from the very beginning of the year. Regular practice can (b) — (sure) your good result. But if you are (c) — (attend) and irregular, you cannot expect to do so. Bear in mind that (d) — (regular) is the cause of your (e) — (satisfactory) result. Nobody can expect a good result in the examination without good (f) — (prepare).You should be (g) — (prepare) for it well-ahead of the schedule. Some students remain (h) — (prepare) for the examination even it is imminent. As a part of (i) — (prepare) step they go to the teachers or a concise (j) — (suggest).
Answer a) attention b) ensure c) inattentive d) irregularity e) unsatisfactory f) preparation g) prepared h) unprepared i) preparatory j) suggestion.
- King Solomon had a great (a) — (repute) for his (b) — (wise). Once the Queen of Sheba wanted to test how wise he was. She brought two kinds of flowers. One was the floral wreath of (c) — (nature) flower and the other was of (d) — (artifice) flower. Sheba asked the king to (e) — (different) between the flower wreaths. Solomon did not answer (f) — (instant). He thought for a while. There were bees outside. He told someone to open the window and keep it (g) — (close). The bees came in and sat on the natural flowers. The wreaths could be (h) — (identify) by Solomon. Thus the (i) — (identify) of real flowers by the king made queen (j) — ( great) impressed.
Answer a) reputation b) wisdom c) natural d) artificial e) differentiate f) instantly g) unclosed h) identified i) identification j) greatly. - Of the four language skills, listening is the first and (a) — (fore) one. It is (b) — (cause) a child learns its mother tongue first by listening to its mother. Then with the (c)— (grow) of age, a child comes in contact with others and learns the vocabulary and how to use them (d) — (practical). Thus it learns (e) — (speak) to mother and then to others. It is (f) — (scientific) observed that speaking is the second skill of the four. A child is first a (g) — (listen). Then it becomes a (h) — (speak) while mother listens. Thus they both (i) — (change) their ideas and (j) — (eventual) the child learns its mother tongue.
Answer a) foremost b) because c) growth d) practically e) speaking f) scientifically g) listener h) speaker i) exchange j) eventually. - In the past children used to play in the open field before or after school hours. But now our children keep (a) — (door) before the TV or computer. They watch TV or play games on computer. Children’s (b) — (fond) for use of computer has (c) — (recent) increased to a very great extent. Some prefer computer games to others programs. This (d) — (prefer) is not a good habit. It makes them (e) — (attentive) to studies and very often (f) — (active). So they should not keep bent on computer for long hours. They think that they are not spending time in (g) — (idle). Though this in not the (h) — (waste) of time, it is the spending of mental energy. They do not undergo any exertion (i) — (physical) and as a result they become (j) — (mental) tired.
Answer a) indoors b) fondness c) recently d) preference e) inattentive f) inactive g) idleness h) wastage i) physically j) mentally - Bangladesh is an (a) — (populated) country. Her (b) — (dense) of population per square mile is very high. The per capita income of people is also low. Majority people live here below (c) — (poor) line. Moreover, there are lots of problems that are the (d) — (hinder) to her development. Political (e) — (rest) is one of them. We are living in a (f) — (democrat) country. We have many (g) — (achieve) though we live in (h) — (sufficient). The country is gradually advancing towards (i) — (prosper). But observing hartal has become a bad political culture in our country. It harms economy and causes a great suffering to (j) — (politics) people. We should give up the practice of hartal for our own interest.
Answer a) overpopulated b) density c) poverty d) hindrance e) unrest f) democratic g) achievements h) insufficiency i) prosperity j) non-political. - . Man can have (a) — (popular) by means of service to people. People in power can have honour. But this honour will not last long if their behaviour is not good. When common people are (b) — (internal) hurt by their (c) — (behaviour), usually they do not express their feeling in front of them. But they make (d) — (criticize) of their manners and (e) — (regard) them later. The (f) — (elder) people should be honoured by the juniors or the young people in the society. In the (g) — (develop) countries the people over sixty are called senior citizens and they are everywhere respected (h) — (according). In the (j) — (develop) countries we expect this kind of (j) — (treat) to the seniors.
Answer a) popularity b) internally c) misbehaviour d) criticism e) disregard f) elderly g) developed h) accordingly i) developing j) treatment.
- In order to (a) — (material) your dream, you need (b) — (determine) and efforts. Nothing is (c) — (achieve) in this world without hard work. Nothing is (d) — (achieve) for those who are blessed with (e) — (common) abilities. They are very fortunate. It is a bad habit to put off the lesson for tomorrow. Good students never do this. It is (f) — (neglect) of one’s duty. If you are not (g) — (duty), you will never do it. (h) — (dutiful) is a very bad practice that brings about (i) — (adverse) in life. To become (j) — (success) in life, you must be dutiful.
Answer a) materialize b) determination c) achievable d) unachievable e) uncommon f) negligence g) undutiful h) Undutifulness i) adversity j) successful. - Patriots love their country more than their lives. (a) — (patriot) is a virtue. Men without patriotism can do anything (b) — (harm) to the country. Our history shows that (c) — (patriot) men made the nation subservient to the overseas (d) — (rule). They are more dangerous than (e) — (venom) snakes. They did not want our (f) — (dependent). They are traitors. They are enemies. They gave (g) — (assist) to the Pakistani soldiers. There is no country in the world where people quarrel among themselves over the question of independence. We were very (h) — (fortunate) to have such people. However. after so many years of independence, we should remove our (i) — (differ) and work for the country (j) — (unite).
Answer a) Patriotism b) harmful c) unpatriotic d) rulers e) venomous f) independence g) assistance h) unfortunate i) differences j) unitedly. - Man makes him worthy and (b) — (honor). Without being religious, one cannot be (c) — (spirit) rich and (d) — (light). Religion helps to build up one’s moral character. So it is said that (e) — (moral) has its root in religion. We should teach our children to become religious to build up a happy and (f) — (peace) career. Love for only (g) — (world) pleasure cannot give real peace. It rather brings (h) — (frustrate). (i) — (religious) people only hanker after worldly pleasure. They may (j) — (believe) in God. So try to follow your religion. Religion leads us to the path of truth.
Answer a) religious b) honorable c) spiritually d) enlightened e) morality f) peaceful g) worldly h) frustration i) Irreligious j) disbelieve.
- Courtesy is a virtue in man. It goes without saying that courtesy costs nothing but gives a lot. So you should be courteous. That is you must have (a) — (polite). People will (b) — (like) and (c) — (respect) you if your (d) — (courteous). Nobody likes (e) — (courtesy). Try to be gentle from your student life. When we come across a (f) — (strange), we should not be (g) — (friend) towards him. If the stranger is a (h) — (tour), we should receive him (i) — (cordial). If he comes to visit our locality, We should (j) — (company) him to see the important spots.
Answer a) politeness b) dislike c) disrespect d) discourteous e) discourtesy f) stranger g) unfriendly h) tourist i) cordially j) accompany. - Hazrat Muhammad (Sm.) is the last prophet of Allah and the (a) — (lead) of all prophets. He is the greatest of men and (b) — (teach) ever born on the earth. Before his birth Arabia was steeped in (c) — (dark) , ignorance and superstition. The Arabs were ignorant and wicked and they led (d) — (beast) lives. They were (e) — (worship) of many gods and goddesses. He got no opportunity for learning. But he was taught much higher things than book knowledge by nature and the (f) — (seen) hand of Allah. From his (g) — (boy) he was (h) — (thought), honest and (i) — (truth). He was called Al-Amin or the (j) — (trust) one.
Answer a. leader b. teachers c. darkness d. beastly e. worshippers f. unseen g. boyhood h. thoughtful i. truthful j. truthful.
- Ours is a big (a) — (industry) area in the country. Life of our area is (b) — (frequent) paralyzed due to the failure of electric supply. The (c) — (own) of both of the factories and industries are having a crucial time because their (d) — (product) have been hampered much due to frequent (e) — (fail) of electric supply. But they have to pay the wage (f) — (regular). Moreover, when there is (g) — (dark) all around, thieves and anti-social people get opportunity to steal anything. As a result theft, (h) — (robber) and other anti- social activities have increased. We have (i) — (frequent) attention to the local WAPDA office but of no use. We, therefore, draw the attention of the WAPDA to look into the matter and (j) — (sure) the regular supply of electricity in our locality.
Answer a. industrial, b. frequently c. owners d. productions e. failure f. regularly g. darkness h. robbery i. frequently j. ensure
- The motive behind all (a) — (invent) is to make human life (b) — (comfort). But if they are not used (c) — (proper), they become the source of (d) — (comforts) behaviour. Similarly, loud speaker was invented to reach the voice of the (e) — (speak) to all the audience in a function. But now-a-days this (f) — (use) instrument has turned into an object of annoyance. The students are the worst (g) — (suffer) as they fail to concentrate their attention to study. The owner (h) — (entire) forget that the (i) — (education) institutions, offices, hospitals and other (j) — (organizes) are situated on the streets.
Answer a. inventions b. comfortable c. properly d. discomfort e. speakers f. useful g. sufferers g. entirely h. entirely i. educational j. organizations
- (a) — (Fail) in English in our country is a common matter. There are many reasons of failure of the students in English and the reasons are not far to seek. (b) — (First) our educational system is (c) — (defect). The English text books for the students of our country are not (d) — (suit) for them. Secondly the students are not motivated / inspired to learn English. They think that it is (e) — (necessary) to spend time in learning English. Moreover, as English is a foreign language it is very difficult to learn. So they (f) like learning English. They think it is mare (g) — (waste) of time. Thirdly most of the English (h) — (teach) are not good at English. They are (i) — (competent). Fourthly the students only cram the answers. In the exam hall they forget what they have crammed. So the answers they write are (j) — (correct).
Answer (a) Failure (b) Firstly (c) defective (d) suitable (e) unnecessary (f) dislike (g) wasting/wastage (h) teachers (i) incompetent (j) incorrect
- Slum (a) — (dwell) are (b) — (root) people. (c) — (Actual) they are rootless and they have to take shelter under different circumstances. They live there in an (d) —(human) condition. They are deprived of all kinds of human rights. About 80 percent of the slum dwellers suffer from hunger, (e) — (nutrition) and different types of diseases. As a result many of them die a (f) — (mature) death and the others fight with the death. They live in a society of (g) — (lawless) and violence. They are exploited by so called political (h) — (lead) for organizing hortals, picketing, damaging vehicles etc. The govt. and NGO welfare (i) — (organize) should come forward to (j) — (habilitate) them.
Answer- (a) dwellers (b) rootless (c) actually (d) inhuman (e) malnutrition (f) premature g) lawlessness (h) leaders (i) organizations (j) rehabilitate
- Dhaka is not a clean city. There is (a) — (clean) everywhere. (b) — (leak) of sewerage pipes and dumping of wastes have made the city very (c) — (filth) and unclean. We throw away the wastes here and there. We are so (d) — (conscious) that we throw them out of the windows. We never think that these thrown out wastes fall on the heads of the pedestrians walking away the footpath. What a (e) — (sense)! In the developed countries people never throw away dirty things or wastes here and there. They are very conscious of their (f) — (responsible). They never keep the wastes (g) — (pack). The packed wastes are kept in front of their residences. The (h) — (clean) of the city administration collect them everyday in the morning. The (i) — (own) of the house reaches the cleaners the packed wastes. In the USA a kind of small trolley-bins are supplied and placed in front of the residences. They are so (j) — (conscience) people.
Answer :uncleanliness b. Leakage c. filthy d. unconscious e. nonsense f. responsibilities g. unpacked h. cleaners i. owner j. conscientious
- Water is polluted in different ways. We are responsible for water (a) — (pollute). Oil and diesel and human waste mix with water. (b) — (insect) and also (c) — (fertilize) mix with water. There are still (d) — (sanitary) latrines in the country. All these cause water pollution. We should not drink (e) — (boil) water for good health. Our rural people do not know how to purify water. Water (f) — (purify) process can help them drink pure water. If the arsenic (g) — (contaminate) continues, arsenicosis will cause more deaths. Arsenic is found in ground water. Tube-well water contains arsenic. For (h) — (prevent) of arsenicosis people should eat a balanced diet containing fish and vegetables. We also need a campaign for (i) — (motivate) to create (j) — (aware) among people.
Answer a. pollution b. insecticides c. fertilizer d. unsanitary e. unboiled f. purification g. contamination h. prevention i. motivation j. awareness
- Computer is a modern (a) — (invent). It is an electric device. It stores (b) — (form) on a (c) — (magnet) tape. Then it makes an (d) — (analyze) and produces the data as required. Computer is really a very (e) — (wonder) invention. The use of computer has got worldwide (f) — (popular). It has been further (g) — (modern). People are going to have (h) — (computer) system of world in every sector. But one thing is very important to know that (i) — (use) of computer affects eye-sight. So students should (j) — (minimum) the period of using a computer.
Answer a. invention b. information c. magnetic d. analysis e. wonderful f. popularity g. modernized h. computerized i. overuse j. minimize.
- Patriots love their country more than their lives. (a) — (patriot) is a virtue. Men without patriotism can do anything (b) — (harm) to the country. Our history shows that (c) — (patriot) men made the nation subservient to the overseas (d) — (rule). They are more dangerous than (e) — (venom) snakes. They did not want our (f) — (dependent). They are traitors. They are enemies. They gave (g) — (assist) to the Pakistani soldiers. There is no country in the world where people quarrel among themselves over the question of independence. We were very (h) — (fortunate) to have such people. However, after so many years of independence, we should remove our (i) — (differ) and work for the country (j) — (unite).
Answer a. Patriotism b. harmful c. unpatriotic d. rulers e. venomous f. independence g. assistance h. unfortunate i. differences j. unitedly.
- Religion leads us to the path of truth. The habit and manners of a (a) — (religion) man make him worthy and (b) — (honor). Without being religious, one cannot be (c) — (sprit) rich and (d) — (light). Religion helps to build up one’s moral character. So it is said that (e) — (moral) has its root in religion. We should teach our children to become religious to build up a happy and (f) — (peace) career. Love for only (g) — (world) pleasure cannot give real peace. It rather brings (h) — (frustrate). (i) — (religious) people only hanker after worldly pleasure. They may (j) — (believe) in God. So try to follow your religion.
Answer a. religious b. honorable c. spiritually d. enlightened e. morality f. peaceful g. worldly h. frustration i. Irreligious j. disbelieve.
- Courtesy is a virtue in man. It goes without saying that courtesy costs nothing but gives a lot. So you should be courteous. That is you must have (a) — (polite). People will (b) — (like) and (c) — (respect) you if you are (d) — (courteous). Nobody likes (e) — (courtesy). Try to be gentle from your student life. When we come across a (f) — (strange), we should not be (g) — (friends) towards him. If the stranger is a (h) — (tour), we should receive him (i) — (cordial). If he comes to visit our locality we should (j) — (company) him to the important spots.
Answer a. politeness b. dislike c. disrespect d. discourteous e. discourtesy f. stranger g. unfriendly h. tourist i. cordially j. accompany.
- In the past children used to play in the open field before or after school hours. But now our children keep (a) — (door) before the TV or computer. They watch TV or play games on computer. Children’s (b) — (fond) for use of computer has (c) — (recent) increased to a very great extent. Some prefer computer games to other programs. This (d) — (prefer) is not a good habit. It makes them (e) — (attentive) to studies and very often (f) — (active). So they should not keep bent on computer for long hours. They think that they are not spending time in (g) — (idle). Though this is not the (h) — (waste) of time, it is the spending of mental energy. They do not undergo any exertion (i) — (physical) and as a result they become (j) — (mental) tired.
Answer a. indoors b. fondness c. recently d. preference e. inattentive f. inactive g. idleness h. wastage i. physically j. mentally.
- Bangladesh is an (a) — (populated) country. Her (b) — (dense) of population per square mile is very high. The per capita income of people is also low. Majority people live here below (c) — (poor) line. Moreover, there are lots of problems that are the (d) — (hinder) to her development, Political (e) — (rest) is one of them. We are living in a (f) — (democrat) country. We have many (g) — (achieve) though we live in (h) — (sufficient). The country is gradually advancing towards (i) — (prosper). But observing hartal has become a bad political culture in our country. It harms economy and causes a great suffering to (j) — (politics) people. We should give up the practice of hartal for our own interest.
Answer a. overpopulated b. density c. poverty d. hindrance e. unrest f. democratic g. achievements h. insufficiency i. prosperity j. non-political.
- Man can have (a) — (popular) by means of service to people. People in power can have honour. But this honour will not last long if their behaviour is not good. When common people are (b) — (internal) hurt by their (c) — (behaviour). Usually they do not express their feeling in front of them. But they make (d) — (criticize) of their manners and (e) — (regard) them later. The (f) — (elder) people should be honoured by the juniors or the young people in the society. In the (g) — (develop) countries the people over sixty are called senior citizens and they are everywhere respected (h) — (according). In the (i) — (develop) countries we expect this kind of (j) — (treat) to the seniors.
Answer a. popularity b. internally c. misbehaviour d. criticism e. disregard f. elderly g. developed h. accordingly i. developing j. treatment.
- In order to (a) — (material) you dream, you need (b) — (determine) and efforts. Nothing is (c) — (achieve) in this world without hard work, Nothing is (d) — unachieve for those who are blessed with (e) — (common) abilities. They are very fortunate. It is a bad habit to put off the lesson for tomorrow. Good students never do this. It is (f) — (neglect) of one’s duty. If you are not (g) — (duty). You will never do it. (h) — (dutiful) is a very bad practice that brings about (i) — (adverse) in life. To become (j) —(success) in life, you must be dutiful.
Answer a. materialize b. determination c. achievable d. unachievable e. uncommon f. negligence g. undutiful h. Undutifulness i. adversity j. successful.
- Sound health is the (a) — (come) of physical exercise in a (b) — (regulate) form. (c) — (regulate) form of exercise or (d) — (exercise) is injurious to health. Remember that if you take physical exercise, you must not be (e) — (regular). Physical exercise increases our appetite and improves (f) — (digest) power. If anybody suffers from (g) — (digest) he should take physical exercise. Proper (h) — (digest) of food removes his loss of appetite. Physical exercise removes (i) — (constipate) and helps proper blood (j) — (circulate).
Answer a. outcome b. regulated c. Unregulated d. over-exercise e. irregular f. digestive g. indigestion h. digestion i. constipation j. circulation.
- Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words in the parenthesis.
Smoking produces (a) — (danger) effects on man. By smoking a man incurs both physical and (b) — (economy) loss. The butt end of a cigarette often causes a (c) — (devastate) fire. Smoking is a kind of (d) — ( addict). those who become (e) — (addict) to drug, first begin smoking which is the initial step to addiction, we should raise (f) — (smoking) (g) — (aware) among our people. It is (h) — (possible) to stop smoking by giving (i) — (punish). (j) — (out) effort from everybody is essential to minimize smoking .
- (a) — (Tolerance) is supposed to be a frantic (b) — (behave). It causes (c) — (segregate) among beings. The practice of (d) — (dear) needs to start from the tender heart of (e) — (learn). The (f) — (family) role is not (g) — (neglect) also in this respect. Then comes the role of (h) — (educate) institutions .our (i) — (new) introduced curriculum has given (j) — (important) to this issue.
- To maintain peace in this world, We need universal (a) — (brother). in this world there are (b) — (differ) religions like Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, (c) — (Buddha) etc. (d) — (Friend) among the (e) — (believe) of different religions can play an important role to drive away (f) — (trust) and (g) — (concept)about different religions. We should prefer (h) — (man) to religious difference. A person who is (i) — (true) aware of his own religion can never (j) — (like) the believers of other religions.
- Do you think it would be (a) — (reasonable) for your boss to ask you to do three hours unpaid overtime? Think of three things you could (b) — (use) in your home to help protect the environment. Has your employer ever (c) — (paid) you by mistake? Did you have to pay the money back? Imagine, you were a parent. Would you (d) — (approve) if your teenage daughter dyed her hair pink? Does son of the (e) — (sleep) and is late for school? To keep your life (f) — (disturbed) you should practice Yoga. It is a kind of mental and (g) — (physic) relief from the (h) — (stress) life you are leading. Stress and anxiety is all (i) — (round) our life. To survive (j) — (happy) we have to handle all our pressures.
- The dowry system is a (a) — (society) curse. It is nothing less than (b) — (dread) bane to a family with a (c) — (marriage) daughter or sister. In poor family with a maiden or spinster finds it (d) — (possible) to marry her off. In many cases, the parents of such brides are (e) — (force) to promise dowry. Often such a (f) — (help) girl is (g) — (brute) tortured within a few weeks for her family’s (h) — (able) to pay the promised dowry. No doubt, it is a (i) — (lust) demand of some covetous people. It is high time our eligible bachelors started shouting a big “No” to this heinous vice. We must raise awareness against this (j) — (abominate) crime.
- Honesty is opposite to (a) honest. An honest is not (b) — (harm) to anybody. He never does (c) — (Just) to others. When he does anything (d) — (moral), he feels (e) —(comfortable). He never tells a lie. He is always (f) — (response) to his duty. We should follow the path of (g) — (honest) and live the path of (h) — (honesty). In that case you will be (i) — (love) by all and will be able to reach the path of (j) — prosper.
(a) dishonesty (b) harmful (c) injustice (d) immoral (e) uncomfortable (f) responsible (g) honesty (h) dishonesty (i) loved (j) prosperity
- Bangladesh is an (a) — (dependent) country but she is burdened with poverty (b) — (population) (c) — (employ), corruption (d) — (deficient) etc. The present (e) —(govern) has aimed to making a digital Bangladesh to (f) — (come) most of this problem. The actual aim of (g) — (digit) Bangladesh is to establish technology best government which will emphasize the overall (h) — (develop) of the country. The country has (i) ready fixed its target of (j) — (achieve) digital Bangladesh by 2021.
(a) independent (b) over population (c) unemployment (d) deficiency (e) government (f) overcome (g) digital (h) development (i) already (j) achieving
- Student life is the (a) — (gold) season of life. This is a (b) — (form) period of life. This is the time for (c) — (prepare) of future life. Students are the future (d) — (lead) of the country. They should have (e) — (patriot). They should achieve quality (f) — (educate) and build themselves as (g) — (compete) citizen. They should gain (h) — (know) and learn the art of (i) — (behave) and (j) — (interact) before others.
- Agriculture is the soul of our economy. The farmers of our country are (a) — (literate). They are (b) — (ignore) of the scientific methods of (c) — (cultivate). Our agriculture is still a (d) — (gamble) in the hands of nature. Flood damages our crops and invites (e) — (fame). Sometimes drought makes cultivation (f) — (possible). Then (g) — (poor) is seen everywhere. Poor farmer cannot buy (h) — (science) tools for agriculture. The tools are not (i) — (avail) to buy them. It is said that (j) — (irrigate) is really costly in our country.
(a) illiterate (b) ignorant (c) cultivation (d) gambling (e) famine (f) impossible (g) poverty (h) scientific (i) available (j) irrigation
- Those who live a (a) — (luxury) life are always (b) — (different) to the miseries of the poor. They enjoy life in (c) — (amuse) and (d) — (merry). They are (e) — (centered) people. They have little (f) — (realize) of the (g) — (bounded) suffering of the poor. They remain indifferent to their (h) — (suffer). They feel (i) — (comfort) to work for their (j) — (better).
(a) luxurious (b) indifferent (c) amusement (d) merriment (e) self-centered (f) realization (g) unbounded (h) suffering (i) discomfort (j) betterment
- Load shedding is one of the most common problems of Bangladesh. Lives of our citizen are (a) — (serious) hampered for load shedding. Students feel (b) — (difficult) in reading during load shedding. (c) — (Industry) activities are also hampered. We should use electricity (d) — (honest) and (e) — (frugal) and should create (f) — (aware) among people to solve this (g) — (nation) problem. Government should take (h) — (effect) steps to (i) — (grade) our power station to mitigate the (j) — (advantages) of our people.
(a) seriously (b) difficulty (c) industrial (d) honestly (e) frugally (f) awareness (g) national (h) effective (i) upgrade(j) disadvantages
- Flowers are the symbol of love and (a) — (pure). They are (b) — (know) for their beauty. Some flowers are (c) — (note) for their fragrance . The rose is favorite to us. The(d) Japan are famous for its (e) — (cultivate). It (f) — (general) grows from June to November. It makes us (g) — (cheer). It makes people lovely, (h) — (affection) and so on. By (i) — (grow) roses we can export them and solve our (j) — (employ) problem.
(a) purity (b) known (c) notable (d) Japanese (e) cultivation (f) generally (g) cheerful (h) affectionate (i) growing (j) unemployment
- Early rising is the habit of (a) — (get) up from bed early in the morning. An early (b) — (rise) can enjoy the (c) — (fresh) of the morning air. He can hear the (d) — (melody) songs of the birds. He can start his days work (e) — (early) than others. He does not suffer from (f) — (physic) problems very often. He need not go to any (g) —(physic) and (h) — (frequent). He enjoys (i) — (very) benefits and leads a (j) — (peace) life.
(a) getting (b) riser (c) freshness (d) melodious (e) earlier (f) physical (g) physician (h) frequently (i) various (j) peaceful
- Life without leisure and (a) relax is dull. Life becomes (b) charm if one does not have any time to enjoy the (c) beauty object of nature. (d) Monotony work hinders the (e) smooth of work. Leisure (f) rich our spirit to work. Everybody knows that (g) work is (h) harm. Leisure does not mean (i) idle . It gives freshness to (j) create our energy.
(a) relaxation (b) charmless (c) beautiful (d) monotonous (e) smoothness (f) enriches (g) overwork (h) harmful (i) idleness (j) creating.